It seems that the naming of anti-government forces is wholly dependant upon view point. The anti-government group in Libya is being called the Rebels; while in Iraq they are the Insurgents, and in Egypt just protesters. Palestine is way off the charts with the general term Palestinian Gunmen – seems they lack sufficient numbers to earn a title that denotes a larger group.
In Iraq, before insurgents were insurgents, they were just Iraqis who welcomed the US soldiers as liberators. In Egypt, Protesters will become the Muslim Brotherhood pushing for an Islamic State. Palestinian Gunmen still just want a home country. You can be sure that the Rebels in Libya today are going to be called something else tomorrow. And what they will be called will be born out of the instability that will grip that country if Gaddafi is ousted.
Meanwhile, the US now has military operations in a third Muslim country. Yet more of our treasure not focused on America and its people. Over 120 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles fired at about $1 million each, and a $35 million jet crashed. I thought the US was broke. As Jon Stewart said, “you can’t fire teachers and cruise missiles”.
True dat, all of it.
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