It seems a lot of you think the human shields went to Iraq to protect Saddam and his regime, but I think that's wrong. From what I have read and heard, they went there hoping the USA wouldn't dare to start the war with innocent people from other countries there. But then most of the human shields either left after realizing a thing or two like Mr. Pepper, or when Bush declared them enemies and said the military would not go out of their way to spare them.