In light of the growing violence in Iraq--apart from the military conflict--when do we stop playing the semantics game and call a spade a spade? More than 100 Iraqi civilians are killed every day, many bound, tortured, and murdered execution-style. Just the other day, 200 Iraqis were killed. What benchmark do we need to reach for our government to admit that the "sectarian violence" is, in fact, a civil war? What credible reference are we using to distinguish between sectarian violence and civil war?
2006-11-26 08:22:31 · 4 answers · asked by Hemingway 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I say it's a civil war. In my view its a religious war that has been going since the birth of Cain and Abel. We cannot solve it and will never solve it until Christ returns. Blood will be shed and peace will not come in that place. May God be with us all.
2006-11-26 08:31:13 · answer #1 · answered by Ronald 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now I can still say sectarian violence, however if the people of Iraq itself decided to divide let say North vs. South or East vs. West where on one side all Shiite and the other all Sunni and kill each other or declared war on each other then we can categorize it as Full-blown civil war.
2006-11-26 16:36:22 · answer #2 · answered by Phoenix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way to tell in the quagmire of Iraq Nam, and it advantages no one to try. Down with Dictator Dumbya!!!
2006-11-26 16:46:07 · answer #3 · answered by rhino9joe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a civil war now, theres no dancing around it
2006-11-26 16:28:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋