Anti War Protesters 6

James Loney and Cindy Sheehan Revisited

ANTI WAR PROTESTERS 6

James Loney is a pathetic waste of skin. His story is over now, but something I read the other day brought him back to mind.

Mr. Loney lives in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario and has gained the benefits and freedoms that all Canadians enjoy. He has a right to rail against his government, the police, his teachers and the church, if he so sees fit, all without any fear of threat of reprisal from those he disses. 

Mr. Loney belongs to an organization that claims to be Christian and thus claims the right to poke their noses where they don't belong. So off he and a couple of his buddies went to Iraq to denounce the men and women there who fight for his freedoms. Along the way, I suppose they wanted to slap a little Christianity on those barbarian Muslims, explaining the error of their ways to them. Not as lucky as Mr. Chamberlain when he talked to Mr. Hitler, Mr. Loney and his buddies were promptly kidnapped and held for ransom. The outside man in this little play was an American, Tom Fox, who ended up dying when ransom demands were not met.

Now, Mr. Loney could have depended on the government to get him out of his situation. Oops, he did. Remember kids, whenever you're in trouble, pull out your Canadian passport and yell to high heaven how you're being abused, misused, tortured and generally trod upon.

But instead of diplomatic means to secure his freedom, coalition forces raided the house where he was being held and took him to safety. It shocks me that Mr. Loney didn't engage his God-given right to chastise the men who held him captive. Oh wait, that's right, he was in Iraq where their view of freedom is somewhat different than ours.