Why is the Bush administration now calling the terrorist "Sunni Insurgents"?

Question

Isn't that taking sides with the Shia and fermenting more violence?

Insurgent is a generic term, Could be used with ANY group even Christians.

Answer 1

At the beginning of this conflict in 2003, the administration was saying that there could be no peace unless the Sunni were a part of it. Well, there's no peace so the Sunni are now designated as insurgents. It appears to me that the goal will be complete subjugation of the Sunni and then we will pull out claiming victory.

Answer 2

It is taking sides with the Shia, no doubt. Bush tried for a long time not to take sides, as advisors have thought that taking either side (but the Shia side in particular), would cause a bushel more problems, as though we don't have enough already. When Americans start standing next to the Shia and blowing away and imprisoning Sunnis I wonder how the rest of the Middle Eastern nations, notably Saudi Arabia, are going to react to that, seeing as how their population boasts many more Sunni than Shia. By all accounts the Sunni population in the Middle East outweighs the Shia by an approximate percentage of 70%. The results will be unpredictable for the most part, but more violence seems to be a no-brainer on this one.

Answer 3

The Sunnis are the majority in Iraq and rather than admiting that the Iraqis are trying to take back their own country Bush is pretending that these people are Sunnis but not Iraqis. That is why they have been using the term insurgent all along.

He doesn't want to support the Shia too much because Iran is Shia and we all know he doesn't like them either. However, they are the ones who are grateful for Saddam being hung.

Confused? Just think steal oil and kill everyone.

Answer 4

I have a great story about Bush. I live in a small city. 30,000 people. Bush came here to speak, I am part of a famly contracting and construction company and we were working on a house that day the man came. I had no plans on going and was just wanting to figure out a way to go home because much of the city was closed. When the day ended for us I was driving home and was caught by a policeman to stop because Bush would be driving this way. So I parked my Jimmy and started to walk. I was not far from my home. The policeman told me I could not park there even though I lived seconds away. I told him I just want to go home and take a nap because I have a hell of cold and I could give a damn about GFBUSH. So I got into my car and the policeman smiled and let me not only pass, but he let me drive my car and as I was driving my Jimmy, I was cut off by 3 Limos and to my happiness or not, their was bush waving at people. I was stuck in the middle of the road not knowing what to do. Bush was in clear site, so I did indeed give him the middle finger and he looked at me like he couldnt understand what the middle finger meant. He is an idiot, you should have seen how confused he was when I was in the middle of the road flipping him off! to make a nice story better, as he was speaking, I took a nice nap and slept well knowing that murder saw me flipping him off!!

Answer 5

Because they are at least finally calling THEM what they are. It was unavoidable.
An insurgent against power will almost always be the minority, as it is here. Of course the insurgency has turned into a civil war.

Politically, it behooves them to have "insurgents". Once they start calling fighters on both sides just fighters (and there are fighters on both sides), they will be acknowledging a civil war. As it is, they are just acknowledging that they are simply disgruntled people fighting the power. Makes it seem controllable. Makes a ssurge seem a possible solution.

Answer 6

You really should keep up. "Sunni Insurgents" has been used for years. followers of Moktada al-Sadr , a Sunni leader, has been sending insurgents so has Iran (which are Sunni) Saudi Arabia has been sending $$ to support the Sunni Insurgents...... May want to research a little more ..

Answer 7

No it is stating that the insurgents are Sunni it is not taking sides it is a statment of fact.

Answer 8

Is it accurate?

It doesn't mean ALL Sunnis are insurgents, not anymore than all muslims are terrorists.

Answer 9

The Shia sect controls the Iragi government that was elected by the people of Iraq, the Sunni have been fighting them for centuries, they were the sect of Saddam. Of course the insurgency is Sunni based, its fact. The Sunni sect is being supported by Islamic Jihadists and the Iranian military. First you people call the President a liar and now you denegrade him for telling the truth.

Answer 10

They are ALL terrorists. They murder their own people. Just the other day a TERRORIST (gag on the word insurgent) killed about 100 students of BOTH sides...SUNNI and SHIITE. They are not honorable people but MURDERERS who ENJOY murdering for murder's sake. They are cowards who hide behind the men/women/children of their country so they can carry out their despicable acts of MURDER. They are free to do this because their own people are scared of them.