Neocon Lexicon Running Out of Words

In an LA Times piece that's almost comical Paul Richter traces Rumsfeld and Co.'s efforts to find a workable label for the enemy. "Insurgency" is out these days because it gives them: "more legitimacy than they seem to merit." Iraqis now have a constitutional government that offers them legitimate means of political expression, and the foe lacks broad popular support, Rumsfeld argued. Richter is quick to point out: According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, an insurgent is "a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government." Rumsfeld should take the time he's wasting on script changes and apply it to understanding the real motivations of the enemy. They're killing young Americans no matter he calls them.