Kowabunga

Even the U.K. has its own version of Senator Durbin, in the form of George Galloway, who had been booted from the labor Party over his remarks concerning the war and subsequent occupation of Iraq. BBC online has this piece on Galloway:

MP George Galloway has defended comments referring to insurgents in Iraq as "martyrs", insisting he has not put British troops at risk.

During a tour of the Middle East, Mr Galloway spoke of "poor Iraqis" using the most basic weapons to write the names of their towns "in the stars".

The Respect MP accused the UK and America of "raping" Baghdad and said the US was losing the war.

There are a few things I contest with his statements: first, they are, by definition, not insurgents, but are, in fact murdering terrorists. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is not an Iraqi, but a Jordanian. As are many of his followers. Insurgents, by definiion, are a citizens (not foreign nationals) who is rebelling against his government. They also do not resort to kidnapping and brutally executing hostages, or bombing subway stations in other countries (or any of the other assorted terrorist acts that have been committed as of late). Second, they are not martyrs who are sacrificing their lives for a greater good, but murdering thugs bent on a return to totalitarian rule, killing innocents, and those Iraqi's who are trying to help improve Iraq.

These people hate Liberty, and Galloway is taking their side, accusing the U.K. and the U.S.A. for the terrorist acts that have been perpetrated throughout the world, whether by al-Qaeda, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, or any other terrorist organization that routinely targets non-combatants, especially children.

To refer to terrorist thugs who are killing American, British, and Australian troops (as well as other soldiers in the Coalition Forces) as martyrs, as though they have died in a great cause is not only repugnant, it further endangers those soldiers now serving in the field, and the lives of all people at home.