How/where/when did the US/UK INVASION of Iraq, become the Iraq WAR? Is there technicality that explains this?

Question

Doesn't war mean that you have to have a somewhat equal opponent?

Answer 1

The use of this word (WAR) is mainly coming from the Bush administration. There theroy is , you say it enough times, and you start to believe thats what your in. "A War". It turns it around and makes it seem like this was and even battle to start with.

Answer 2

No, war does not mean the opponent has to be an equal. In fact calling this a war is probably not correct anymore. It was a war when Saddam Hussein and his army were fighting the Yanks and Brits. Now it is an occupation similar to Japan after WWII (with the exception that Iraqi's insurgents continue to fight while the Japanese accepted the occupiers).

Answer 3

Semantics. What would you like it to be called? World War 1 or 2 did not involve the whole world.

War does not mean equal opponents. Webster defines it as a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations. Naturally, if a nation does declare war, I assume that it does so with some confidence that it will win.

Answer 4

It became a war when Saddam Hussein invaded two neighboring countries, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and we answered the call to defend our allies.

The war never ended. A temporary cease-fire was granted to Saddam in the early 1990s to give him an opportunity to hand over forbidden weapons and their manufacturing systems.
President Clinton bombed Iraq for several days in 1998 in one last desperate attempt to get Saddam to comply with the disarmament mandates. Saddam laughed him off and barred the UN inspectors from returning to Iraq.

Saddam violated the cease-fire repeatedly throughout the 1990s and refused to comply with the disarmament mandates. To this day, we are finding prohibited chemical weapon artillery shells in Iraq. We also found hidden nuclear weapon program components. So, the cease-fire was called off.

The war started in 1991. It ended when Saddam's government was ousted. Now we are aiding Iraq in suppressing Islamists who are trying to seize control of the country by overthrowing its legitimate, elected government.

In War, the smart person ensures his advantage, that the opponent is inferior in every way. Only a complete moron goes to war against a somewhat equal opponent except as a last resort.

Answer 5

Doesn't war mean that you have to have a somewhat equal opponent?

Answer 6

War doesn't mean equal. It means declared hostilities.

Answer 7

It's not a war it's a campaign

Answer 8

This is typical US media to hide facts and anesthetize the reader.

Answer 9

Tells you where the war is, not what it is. No technicality!!!!

Answer 10

war is between countries,, men in uniforms,, the US troops are in the middle of a civil war in Iraq,,,, Rumsfeld is a jerk, Bush was wrong,,,,,,,,,,,,