Ungrateful Hippies

Three members of Christian Peacemakers, a pacifist organization dedicated to the non-violent struggle for justice and peace, were rescued today by American and British Special Forces after being held hostage by terrorists in Iraq for four months. However, after their rescue, the organization put out a press release that did not bother thanking their rescuers. Rather, the press release stated that Christian Peacemakers will continue its efforts to end the illegal occupation of Iraq, that this illegal occupation is the root cause of all the suffering in Iraq, that they will continue to resist all evil, etc ad nauseum.

At the very least, it would not have hurt them to say "thank you" to the soldiers that risked their lives to rescue them. Perhaps these so-called Peacemakers could learn a lesson or two in selflessness from our armed forces? There's an irony in the act of a soldier willingly laying down his life in order to rescue an activist from potential death - an activist who is dedicated to protesting and promoting the view that the soldier's cause is evil.

Doug Pritchard, the co-director of Christian Peacemakers, remarked that the hostages knew their "only protection was in the power of the love of God and of their Iraqi and international co-workers." Yes, and what about the Special Forces, you ungrateful hippy?

Non-violent struggle for justice and peace, my hind-end. Evil flourishes unless good men are willing to stand in the gap, and sometimes those good men have to be carrying an M-16 so that ungrateful little hippies can prance about in their birkenstocks and hemp organic pants.