If a firefighter fights fire and a crime fighter fights crime, what does a freedom fighter fight?

Question

If a firefighter fights fire and a crime fighter fights crime, what does a freedom fighter fight?

Answer 1

A freedom fighter's status changes with time...

So, at one point in time, the people who are now Al-Quaeda were referred to as freedom fighters by the Americans as they battled the soviet union... but now they are fighters of freedom as they battle against their once Allied America using the same equipment and training that was provided to them by the definers of this word...