Quote Originally Posted by Biggles
If the US was invaded and ordinary people shot at the invaders would they be illegal non-combatants and terrorists or freedom fighters?
you could call 'em "uncontracted civilian contractors," i suppose. maybe "self-employed security agents of the independent business sector."

speaking of illegal combatants... has anyone on the forum taken much interest in the recent flap over margaret thatcher's son and his mercenaries? a friend of the thatchers ended up getting sentenced to 7 years in the slammer, if i'm not mistaken. surely this was big news in the u.k., but perhaps not nearly so in the u.s.