Rumsfeld doesn’t want to call the insurgents “insurgents” any more; something about that middle part, suggesting “surge” and irrepressibility. The solution, of course, is to follow the media’s absolutely excellent policy when Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol: they began to refer to him as “The Artist Formerly Known As Prince.” Now is the time to do the same with the insurgents: “The Individuals Formerly Known As Insurgents.”
The SF Chron's Farley gets out his thesaurus:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/12/05/BAFARLEY.DTL
Posted by: Martha Bridegam on December 5, 2005 3:38 PMHow about calling the Iraqi citizens taking up arms against an oppressive foreign occupying force freedom fighters.
How about calling the non-Iraqis taking up arms are mercenaries (oh - excuse me - contractors)
Posted by: Thor Likes Pizza on December 5, 2005 6:35 PMYou've got a point there, 'Thor likes Pizza'.
We are in the process of redefining all freedom fighters as terrorists.
Guess where this George Washington guy will end up, commander of a bunch of illegal combattants? Yes, as an early Osama bin Laden!