Pacifists With Bad Manners

This editorial is from a Canadian, whose troops also participted in the hostage rescue of some ungrateful anti-war activists:


"We believe," (said Christian Peacemakers Teams spokesman Doug Pritchard), "that the illegal occupation of Iraq by multi-national forces is the root cause of the insecurity of this kidnapping and so much pain and suffering in Iraq today."
Commenting on Mr. Pritchard's comment might be viewed as painting the lily or gilding the gold. I'll note only that, despite Mr. Pritchard's sentiments, the ex-hostages didn't ask to rejoin their insurgent captors. For reasons best known to them, James Loney, 41, Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32, and Norman Kember, 74, elected to stay with the very multi-national forces that, according to their spokesman, are the root cause of kidnapping and so much pain and suffering in Iraq. (What the dead hostage, 54-year-old Thomas Fox would have chosen, we'll never know.)

Michelle Malkin has further info.