[Lobbyist]

Since the media insists on calling the hurricane victims refugees lets start calling the looters "insurgents". Both words - at least in the past - have been used in the context of war.

[OldFriend]

Perhaps people will have a bit more respect for Rumsfeld and the job he's trying to do.

Pacify a country at war while we here at home cannot protect the victims of a natural disaster from the lowest forms of humanity.

Waiting to hear our blasted media find a way to blame this, too, on President Bush.

[AmericanVictory]

We agree; let the WH send in some units recently rotated back from Iraq or Afghanistan to make good use of their combat experience.

[LayoutGuru2]

Since the media insists on calling the hurricane victims refugees lets start calling the looters "insurgents". Both words - at least in the past - have been used in the context of war.

Main Entry: ²loot
transitive senses
1 a : to plunder or sack in war b : to rob especially on a large scale and usually by violence or corruption
2 : to seize and carry away by force especially in war
intransitive senses : to engage in robbing or plundering especially in war
- loot·er noun