A peace group has blamed the United States and Britain for the abduction of four of its activists in Iraq.
The activists were kidnapped on Saturday.
Among them is 74-year-old Norman Kember, a retired professor from London.
Christian Peacemaker Teams, which has been working in Iraq since 2002, has released a statement saying it is saddened by a video tape, which aired on Arabic television channel Al Jazeera, showing the four men being held hostage by insurgents.
It says the kidnapping is a direct result of the actions of the US and UK governments due to the illegal attack on Iraq.
Unless the nabbed peaceniks are in the hands of coalition forces, which they’re not, I’d say that the U.S. and U.K. are no more to blame — no, wait, make that far, far less to blame — than the captured idealistic twits who foolishly, recklessly and quite voluntarily put themselves into danger. While I wish for the best for these activists, blaming those who will work to save them is pathetic.
Hey, here’s a crazy notion — why can’t we blame the thugs who actually did the kidnapping?