Ever notice there is no 'enemy' in Iraq? just 'insurgents'.

[spanone]

Websters defines insurgent as: A person who revolts against civil
authority or an established government. So, in Iraq, wouldn't the
insurgents be the same as the enemy? I'm inclined to believe that a
lot more of the 'insurgents' are actually Iraqis pissed off about the
occupation of their nation by the US of A.

[shoelace414]

1. that and

EVERYONE we kill is an insurgent

[Krupskaya]

2. Ever notice they never say how they know they're "insurgents"?

I figure if they don't shoot, they're suspected insurgents. If they do, they're insurgents, or possibly even foreign terrorist elements.

[AllegroRondo]

3. "enemy" polled badly

[spanone]

13. Sadly, this is probably the truest answer. 'Enemy' polled badly.

[stillcool]

4. a rose by any other name.....

in Afghanistan anyone captured is 'taliban', all the prisoners in Gitmo are 'combatants', and Iraqi prisons are full of those 'insurgents'. I'm thinking its regional...wonder what they will be called in Iran and Syria.

[FloridaPat]

5. Since it's an illegal invasion, how is it that the US is the civil or

establied government? Also note, insurgents are interchangable with terrorists. I thought terrorists were people who didn't have a country and attacked civilians.

[zanne]

10. It isn't an official war...

And "insurgents" aren't an official "army". That's why it's OK to torture them. (Unofficial people don't feel pain).

[spindoctor]

6. Pockets of resistance

Another one of my favorites

[El Fuego]

7. WE'RE the insurgents

We invaded a country to overthrow an established government, that of Saddam Hussein.

Calling the Iraqis "insurgents" is administration propaganda the MSM has naturally bought into.

[DeaconBlues]

8. at least most are no longer automatically calling anyone we fight in Iraq

terrorists.

[kliljedahl]

14. Except on Faux

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[Roland99]

9. Seymour Hersh has said "insurgent" is an improper term. Resistance.

We're largely fighting the same people we were fighting upon entering Baghdad in 2003.

[realFedUp]

11. one country's insurgents is another country's patriots

guess who gets to decide.

[unhappycamper]

12. I guess the whole label thing revolves around the existence of an

established government.

Since we are the invaders and occupiers, I would tend to call them the resistance, patriots, or freedom fighters.

[Bluebear]

15. They are framing the word so they can call us "insurgents" at some point

[melissinha]

16. Exactly!

When we rise up against the administration, we will be insurgents.... rising up against an established government... the TRUE term that should be applied to the "rebel forces" in Iraq is "guerrilla".
unhappycamper.... here's the correct term you are searching for...

guer·ril·la or gue·ril·la ( P ) Pronunciation Key (g-rl)
n.
A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy, as by surprise raids.

The corporate media and the administration has been using incorrect terminolgy .... Our military forces are the occupying forces against which the Iraqi guerrillas are fighing.

in·sur·gent ( P ) Pronunciation Key (n-sûrjnt)
adj.
1. rising in revolt against established authority, especially a government.
2. Rebelling against the leadership of a political party. ---here's DU....

See... our government assumes that its authority is permanent and omnipresent, there is no real administration in Iraq, hence.... no insurgents....

[applegrove]

17. Well if they named them as Saudi backed insurgents it would be

embarrassing. Wouldn't it?