Norman Kember came home to the UK today after being held hostage in Iraq for four months. I presume his two Canadian co-hostages are safe and sound as well. Their names elude me at present as the news coverage in England is so besotted with Kember's return that no mention of Canadian names has emerged. I'll check on CNN and BBC World.
One of their group, Tom Fox, an American, was killed, and this brings home to me the fact that any Do-gooders who go into Iraq to "help the people" should carefully consider the risk to themselves, the angst of their families and the risk to security forces who try to hunt the hostage keepers down.
It is my opinion, that any well-meaning group that believes it can help the Iraqui cause by entering a dangerous (the most dangerous), war zone in the World, is naive, irresponsible and plain stupid. We can talk about the courage of our Christian convictions until the cows come home but they, the Jill Carrolls of the World , have a skewed view of war and its consequences.
I hope and pray that Jill Carroll is found safe and alive. But these people are showing the finger at responsible, sensible behaviour.