What is the different between an insurgent and a terrorist?

Question

If you are a democrat or republican. What is your defination of both?

Difference (sorry)

Answer 1

Depends on who is running for office..I have noticed that Bush interchanges these words to fit the audience.
A terrorist would be an outside agitator with no Country identity ,,whereas the insurgent is not unlike our own forefathers who fought the British.

Answer 2

Shouldn't matter if you are democrat or republican - the definition shouldn't change. The insurgent may believe that he has the better reason for his actions but both are violent and actively working towards getting things their own way by whatever means necessary. Though terrorists by definition seem to blame their actions more on religion than structured authority.
Insurgent - a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
Terrorist - a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities.

I am a republican and a veteran. It shouldn't matter as they both will kill you to achieve their goal. The word insurgent just has a nicer ring to it than terrorist.

Answer 3

An insurgent is a person who is a rebel and does not believe in their country's policies. They are anyone who does this; from George Washington and his people to Osama bin Laden. An insurgent can be a terrorist, and 95% of the time is, but does not have to be. There could be an insurgent who rebels against their government, but only attacks the governments troops, and does not kill civilians, even then, the insurgents would most likely be considered terorists. Terrorists are rebels who attack anything to try to achieve their goal by teroriazing people and the government.

Answer 4

Insurgents are in Iraq

Terrorist sit in the White House eating Brown Rice

Answer 5

The definition of these words should not be determined by your political affiliation.
A terrorist is a person or group that uses terror tactics to get their way.
An insurgent is a person or group that fights occupying forces.

For the record the French underground during WW2 were insurgents to the Nazis

Answer 6

Excellent question. People don't think things through very often. This country was founded by insurgents. Our for fathers were the rebels. The patriots would have been loyal to England.

Answer 7

a terrorist is someone that kills inocent people for there own agenda a insurgent is soemone that says they are fighting a war when they dont belong to a governement. like gorrila warlords. insurgents believe they are part of a governement when really they arent. and they are fighting for a country that doesnt want them to fight for the country because they dont sharethe same \veiws or laws.
im rebublican

Answer 8

Well in the Revolutionary war the American "rebels" were considered insurgents. I don't think any of us have enough facts about what is really goin on over there to have an legitimate opinion though.

Answer 9

The spelling. Our media started calling them insurgents so it made them sound like freedom fighters. The majority of "insurgents" are actually from other countries and are not Iraqi's.

Republican here!

Answer 10

I'm Independent. To me, they're both the same: a group of people blowing up and killing other people, using terrorist schemes and not just war to do it.

How each term is defined depends on the political affiliation, but if you have no affiliation like me, then you can see who and what they really are: terrorists.