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''freedom fighter'' is a propaganda term fo a ''belligerent''
:: I think that the problem is in the term, not in the definition. It is very much a term whose definition is specific to the speaker. When you agree with the cause, then the people are "freedom fighters", when you do not, then they are "insurgents" at best, or "terrorists" at worst. Bin Laden is an excellent example. When we trained him and subsidised him to fight against the Soviets in Afghanistan, he was a freedom fighter; now that he opposes us, he is a terrorist. His religion and politics have not changed, his usefulness to the US has. [[User:Boomcoach|Boomcoach]] 12:26, 13 April 2007 (EDT)
:: I think that the problem is in the term, not in the definition. It is very much a term whose definition is specific to the speaker. When you agree with the cause, then the people are "freedom fighters", when you do not, then they are "insurgents" at best, or "terrorists" at worst. Bin Laden is an excellent example. When we trained him and subsidised him to fight against the Soviets in Afghanistan, he was a freedom fighter; now that he opposes us, he is a terrorist. His religion and politics have not changed, his usefulness to the US has. [[User:Boomcoach|Boomcoach]] 12:26, 13 April 2007 (EDT)
:::IOW, a ''freedom fighter'' is a propaganda term fo a ''belligerent''. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 13:09, 13 April 2007 (EDT)