american truck-driver thomas hamill escaped the captivity of iraqi kidnappers this weekend after three weeks of being held hostage. he ran toward a group of american soldiers shouting, apparently, and they took him out of the area and gave him medical care.

gosh, wasn't it so fortunate that hamill is white?

can you imagine what might have happened if, say, fadi fadel, rifat mohammad rifat or naji al kuwaiti came running toward a troop of american soldiers, shouting?