Look, Gord! Freedom fighters!
Baghdad -- A suicide car bomb exploded in a crowded market in northwest Iraq on Tuesday, killing 30 Iraqis and wounding 45, police said.
Victory to the Iraqi Resistance!
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
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John,
If you read back over our conversation on this issue you will note that I NEVER said all those fighting against the US occupation and the supposed Iraqi government were freedom fighters. I do believe that some are, or rather that this was the Genesis of the "insurgency" but that it is quickly devolving into a civil war with combatants being imported (read mercenaries).
However my main point in raising the arguement (a point I admittedly did not make well) is that we can't just assume that one side is right. Just because the West calls these people insurgents and murderers and criminals doesn't mean that they are not fighting a war (just or not) in the only way that they can against an enemy that vastly overpowers them.
In other words, I was pushing us all to see past our own national/regional interests and look deeper into the conflicts in the world.
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