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Originally Posted by theknife
it's a misnomer to label them "insurgents" - we're at war with the majority of the population.
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An insurgent is one who actually attacks an American soldier, not a person who voices support for such attacks in a public opinion poll.
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Iraqi press is being targeted for death by the Iraqi government and the American press can't leave the Green Zone unescorted.
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This is still unprecidented in the last few decades. Current news only seems worse than it was before because there was no news before.
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average of 100 iraqis are killed every day
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Don't make it sound worse than it is, far more people die per capita here at home.
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications.../2066rank.html