If the bushistas are going to redefine haphazard bands of men who... [View All]

[Fridays Child]

...attempt to repel an invasion of their country as terrorists, what would that make the patriots of the American Revolution? Doesn't it seem cynical in the extreme to use that term in reference to the Iraqi resistors? And, during the Vietnam War, didn't we call such soldiers guerilla fighters?

(American Heritage Dictionary: guerilla - 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.)

And what about the media? In spite of the administration's efforts, the media didn't start calling suicide bombers "homicide bombers." Yet they have not hesitated a single second in signing on to the new definition of disorganized opposition forces.