I've gone on at some length (and on many occasions) about the media's seemingly unbreakable attachment to the nearly meaningless term, "insurgent."
But if you think I can rant, take a look at what happens when Christopher Hitchens gets going.
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As a LTC in the reserves I have also been troubled by the "insurgent" label and posted on it at http://rightinraleigh.blogspot.com/2005/05/terrorists-or-insurgents.html last week. Glad to see the liberal but always honest Hitchens take up the topic as well.
Posted by: Scott Pierce | May 17, 2005 at 08:29 PM