Johnny Jihad
n.— «Already the liberal apologia machine is cranking up. “Jihad Johnny” is really just another “victim” of the Taliban, doncha know.» —“Re: American Taliban Fighter Says Followed His Heart” by Allan Lindsay-O’Neal Usenet: talk.politics.guns Dec. 4, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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