Saturday, March 31, 2012

Syrian Residents used as Human Shields

This video interviews a couple men in Syria and shows people being forced by the army to march in front of tanks. The men relate how the army rounded up men, even some women and children, to force them to protect the tanks. Clips of tanks with citizens being forced to march in front are shown, along with men pointing guns at the people to force them to move. While this a terrible, inhumane action, it would be effective. If you do not want to hurt citizens, only massive weapons would allow you to destroy tanks without hurting the people. That is, if it is aimed correctly. While this tactic of using human shields may work, it is totally inhumane and should never be used. Syria has more to think about than endangering their citizens to protect the army. Armies are designed to protect the people, not threaten them. This needs to stop soon or a lot of innocent civilians may be hurt.

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