"Freedom Fighters"??

I wouldn't call them freedom fighters but rebel fighters. They probably see the US as an invading force and think they have a right to drive US forces from the country. My two cents worth is that stability should be a priority before a democratically elected government, but that would mean the US would have to "own" the problem of the instability there, which it doesn't want to do. I am glad that Iraq is being rebuilt though and definitely do not agree with the destruction these rebels are wreaking which are only hurting other Iraqis. History has shown that after an invasion and drawn out war, there is usually a civil war, so the US should have prepared for that possibility rather than the absurd propaganda being bandied about before the inavsion that all the Iraqi's would welcome US troops with flowers and that it would all be over in a couple of weeks.

I don't believe the governments motives in Iraq had much to do with Iraqi freedom in the first place. And it has only gotten worse. Yes, Saddam was a cruel dictator. But he was not our responsibility. We weren't asked to "liberate Iraq" by anyone. I am sickened by this war, by our brave military personnel who sacrifice their lives for Bush, so that he can see himself as a War President who liberates people. What a situation.

They aren't freedom fighters, they are fighting to prevent the citizens of Iraq from having the freedoms that the new government provides. These terrorists that the insipid left keep referring to as freedom fighters want to control the Iraq people in much the same way that Saddam did...this time it would be them in control. The insipid left should be taken out and shot for their stupidity, the only problem is that they aren't worth the price of a bullet.

I haven't heard this particular phrase applied in this context yet, but if I did, I would be asking the person who said it what their effing problem is. It is a horrible insult to our brave military people, who only obey the orders of those in charge. You know that we disagree about a lot of things, especially Iraq, but on this issue I'm right there with you. Protest the war, call our leaders idiots, email Congress to make it stop, whatever, its all good. But don't lay this dreadful aspersion, this mortal insult, even if only by implication, on our troops. They don't deserve that s**t!