"Christian Peacemakers" Mad...at U.S. and Britain

Little Green Footballs has a statement issued by the "Christian Peacemakers" organization that now has four of its members being held hostage in Iraq. They're not happy...no, not with the terrorists, but with the U.S. and Britain:

In a statement, Christian Peacemaker Teams said it strongly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq and blamed the kidnapping on coalition forces.

“We are angry because what has happened to our teammates is the result of the actions of the U.S. and U.K. government due to the illegal attack on Iraq and the continuing occupation and oppression of its people,” the group said.

Christian Peacemaker Teams does not consider itself a fundamentalist organization, a spokeswoman said.

“We are very strict about this: We do not do any evangelism, we are not missionaries,” Jessica Phillips told The Associated Press in Chicago. “Our interest is to bring an end to the violence and destruction of civilian life in Iraq.”

The group’s first activists went to Iraq in 2002, six months before the U.S.-led invasion, Phillips said, adding that a main mission since the invasion has been documenting alleged human rights abuses by U.S. forces.

Given their obvious hatred for the U.S. and British military forces, I think it's only appropriate that our military forces ignore their situation altogether. Let them find their own way out of there.

Maybe if they send in the rest of their "peacemakers" to hold hands and sing Kumbaya, the terrorists will be so moved they'll lay down their guns and stop fighting. I think it's worth a try.