Anyone else as sick of the term "insurgents" as I am?

[joanne]

What are these "insurgents" fighting against?

A FOREIGN OCCUPIER!

ANYONE who is against the Bush cartel is an "insurgent".

How many people would become an "insurgent" if THEIR country was occupied?

I'm so sick of this!!

:mad: :mad: :mad:

[PittLib]

1. It's a little trick ...

to dehumanize the enemy. Otherwise they won't be able to sell the other "51%" on the myth of "liberation" - if they call them Iraqis.

[question everything]

2. They have been using this term because they knew that they were not

Al Qaeda but using this term could lull innocent voters to think that they were, and thus justify the war in Iraq as part o the war on terror.

[laheina]

3. Get used to it.

Remember Afghanistan? Insurgencies last forever.

[ever_green]

15. uh huh. * doesn't want this war to end, we have no reason to invade Iran,

so we have to keep the profits coming from this war....also maintaining a permanent presence.

[knowbody0]

4. yesterday they were terrorists

barbarians, insurgents, terrorists.
you see, they don't know the proper way of decapitating. civil people use cluster bombs................
these evil doers wear civilian clothing, therefor all civilians are the enemy combatants.
seriously, stop listening/watching the news.

[pacalo]

11. Don't forget "thugs".

The nerve of those "thugs"...fighting back when we occupy their oil-rich nation, bombing anything that moves.

If our country were invaded by a stronger country, & if we fought back, would they call us terrorists? THINK about that.

[knowbody0]

13. the sad fact is that we are the strongest

we have the biggest guns
we are the bully of the planet.
and shame on us.
looking more and more like we will have a civil war here of sorts, and you and me, baby will be the insurgents.

[MADem]

5. It actually is an alternative

It is the lame stream media's concession word, actually. The word that the cowboy administration prefers is "terrist" ... or should I say terrorist, for thinking, spelling people.

But how can you call someone whose perception is that they are defending their homeland a terrorist? The default is "insurgent." It's a word that works for them--it encompasses anyone who is not thrilled with the concept of "weecowboy liberation," but who does not necessarily support all of the Pan Arab dreams of Usama. It includes these people, sure, but it also includes the "get the fuck out of my yard" nationalists.

It has limited emotion attached to it. "Freedom figher" implies support for the movement, "criminals" or "terrorists" implies opposition. "Insurgent" is the word for people who don't want to take a stand. It's a 'Just the facts, Sir/Ma'am' type of word.

[Maple]

6. I much prefer it to

dead-enders, Saddam loyalists, assorted criminals, foreign fighters like the evil al qaeda, and various other disguises thrown over the truth.

[joanne]

7. The problem is

* is the greatest recruiter for new "insurgents" and terrorists that they could have.

[Qanisqineq]

8. call them what they are, Iraqis

but the administration doesn't want to do this because we are supposedly LIBERATING the Iraqis. Sure, there are a few foreign fighters among them, but the majority are exactly that, Iraqis.

[Selatius]

9. I'd agree with a few conditions

I'd say at this point most of these guys we're fighting really are Iraqis. The conditional is that some of these are bona fide foreigners as well. Having said that though, not all these Iraqis are fighting to protect home and family. Some are simply in it to try and impose their totalitarian rule upon others. Then you have nationalists who are fighting for a free, independent country. It's the many faces of the resistance.

I call them resistance fighters rather than that PR "insurgent" crap. It may not sound as sexy as "insurgent," but it's more descriptive of what they're doing: They're resisting us being there.

[wiggs]

10. Knowing the age of the "insurgents" would be sobering.

Half of all Iraqis are under age 18. Further, descriptions of battles have included references to teenagers.

I bet a lot of the fighters left in Fallujah are just young kids, angry because their nation, their town, and their families have been devastated.

[Erika]

12. Many of the "insurgents" are 15 year old Iraqis

fighting against our occupation of their country. We are right and they are wrong because of? Bush sold America down the river to benefit his buds. What he did to our military kids is even worse.

[sampsonblk]

14. "We're all insurgents now"-nt

nt

[LynnTheDem]

16. You mean the

IRAQI FREEDOM FIGHTERS?

[Stinky The Clown]

17. The term is "untidy"

As we have been told by Herr Uberfuhrer of War Rumsfeld many things about was are "untidy".

They just love euphemisms for their little War on Iraq (tm) chapter of their larger War on Terror (tm).