They’re not terrorists, they’re “freedom fighters”. How many times have we heard this ridiculous defense of the indefensible by not only left-wing fringe elements in Hollywood and the like, but from our so-called “mainstream media”? Haven’t noticed? Let’s review then, shall we?
Have you noticed that the mainstream media is utterly incapable of calling a terrorist a terrorist to begin with, preferring to use adjectives such as “insurgents”? The word “insurgent” implies that those committing dastardly acts of aggression against coalition forces are hometown boys, fighting for their country. Freedom fighters, if you will.
While there are probably some Iraqis who have joined this “cause”, they are probably the Iraqi counterparts to our own Left-coast Liberals. But many of them are from across the Syrian and Iranian borders, which would exclude them from the classical nomenclature and make them what? Terrorists? Nope, not to our media and most certainly not to our actors and singers. Still insurgents and freedom fighters.
So let’s go under the assumption that there just might be a sliver of truth to that assertion or at best, an innocent ignorance on the part of these sympathizers. Let’s call them freedom fighters, but let’s analyze why this should be so. What would a freedom fighter want for his trouble? And why?
The normal brain will instantly answer “freedom” and “for his children”. Makes sense, doesn’t it? And yet we have a bunch of terrorists setting off IED’s not only to kill our soldiers but also to inflict as much damage on the Iraqi civilians who are trying desperately to achieve what? FREEDOM! And the insipid tactics that they have also brought into play negates the logical reason why they would be freedom fighters…they are blowing up their children! Do a Google search on this story of the children in the car-bomb and try to stay awake as you see…not much reaction from the presses. Then compare that reaction to Haditha.
For more fun comparisons, let’s try the issue of torture and the Geneva Conventions. Rosie O’Donnell was seething over Abu Ghraib and still is. She just can’t seem to escape the nightmare of the torture we inflicted on those poor men, oh the horrors of it! What was her reaction to the British sailors being captured and paraded, blindfolded, through the streets of Tehran? “It’s a contrived story to drum up support for an attack on Iran”. She doesn’t even know that blindfolding and parading uniformed soldiers is a direct violation of the Geneva Conventions, and yet she is feeding this disinformation to millions of viewers on national television. As hard as it may be to comprehend, there are people out there who believe what Rosie O’D says. Frightening, to say the least.
Last, but not least, we have this bit of “patriotism” from Portland, Oregon.“Photos taken by Rachael Palinkas, a Linfield College student, showed masked protesters burning an effigy of what appears to be a U.S. soldier in the Park Blocks.”
People like this claim that they do it because “they love America”. Last question, I promise: Why do they wear masks?
