March 19, 2007
The African Taliban: Now A Protected Species
Along with terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine, the African Taliban in Somalia now lies cozy under the warm blanket of media terminology:
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MOGADISHU (AFP) - Mortar shells crashed onto Mogadishu's port on Monday, triggering heavy fighting between insurgents and Somali troops, as military hardware arrived by sea for African peacekeepers.
Funny, I don't recall the Islamic Courts Union being referred to as "insurgents" when they ran the country, and I don't recall the few Somalis who stood up to them as being referred to as "insurgents" at the time either.
"Insurgent" translated into plain English? "Nothing to see here, move along."
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Posted by: blert at March 20, 2007 12:42 AM (cyCB9)
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Spread the word! Spread links! Counter the MSM with OUR media! Take the words away from the left, and save them from corruption! The Islamic Courts are Islamic Imperialists. Imps if you like ... it does have a certain appeal to it. Change the subject, or redefine it into one we want. Words are a critical component in battle. We must impose meaning where the left tries to twist it. We can't keep surrendering the language to them.
USA, all the way!
USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 20, 2007 05:08 AM (2OHpj)
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"Nothing to see here, move along."
Unless offcourse the 'insurgents' manage to kill a whole bunch of innocent civillians, then it'll be quagmire, bogged down, should never have gone there, we need an exit strategy.
Unless offcourse the 'insurgents' manage to kill a whole bunch of innocent civillians, then it'll be quagmire, bogged down, should never have gone there, we need an exit strategy.
Posted by: MK at March 20, 2007 05:32 AM (h5xtJ)
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"Funny, I don't recall the Islamic Courts Union being referred to as
"insurgents" when they ran the country, and I don't recall the few
Somalis who stood up to them as being referred to as "insurgents" at
the time either."
That's because if you're running a country, you're not an insurgent. Even when they were fighting for control of Somalia, you'd have been hard-pressed to call them insurgents because they weren't fighting an established authority, just a group of warlords. Ditto Somalis who "stood up to them" (who are you thinking of, apart from the warlords?), since the ICU were never really an established authority either.
Semantics, my friend, semantics.
"insurgents" when they ran the country, and I don't recall the few
Somalis who stood up to them as being referred to as "insurgents" at
the time either."
That's because if you're running a country, you're not an insurgent. Even when they were fighting for control of Somalia, you'd have been hard-pressed to call them insurgents because they weren't fighting an established authority, just a group of warlords. Ditto Somalis who "stood up to them" (who are you thinking of, apart from the warlords?), since the ICU were never really an established authority either.
Semantics, my friend, semantics.
Posted by: merkur at March 21, 2007 09:31 AM (vgIQh)
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