2006-11-28 15:44:02 · 16 answers · asked by Dollar! 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It depends on how you view a civil war. Websters dictionary defines civil war as followed; " a war between factions or regions of a country".
So with that said, I think it is unreasonable to say anything other than what the clear and easy to see reality in that country is; it's in a civil war. Sadly and tragically. Bush and Rumsfeld screwed up something that was near and dear to my heart, and that was the liberation of the Iraqi people from the hands of a brutal dictator, and I could tell you things about that screw up that would make your hair curl.
2006-11-28 15:48:52 · answer #1 · answered by billy d 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its now official, that there is a civil war. Actually, the civil war in Iraq began well before President Bush announced mission accomplished aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003 . The only problem is that the Bush administration could not accept the 'free' press to announce civil war, because it would imply that the invasion of Iraq created a civil war in that region.
Since the Bush administration lost the recent election, so there is no way to 'contain' the lie, so to speak. If the Republican Party had won this election, Iraq would still be on a 'brink' of a Civil War
2006-11-30 11:49:40 · answer #2 · answered by gimmeaclue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is warring factions but not on a national level, only certain cities are effected. I would equate it more to the gangland wars we had in Chicago in the 20s. But it isn't an all out army on army civil war like what happened in Liberia a few years ago.
2006-11-28 23:54:14 · answer #3 · answered by JFra472449 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Were the riots that accompanied the years leading up to the development and ratification of our U.S. constitution part of a civil war? Was the "sectarian violence" between various states a civil war? Was our country in chaos up to that point, to the degree where the modern media would call it a civil war?
If it was not, then neither is this, and I have yet to see one person lay out a case for how it is.
2006-11-28 23:49:08 · answer #4 · answered by Firestorm 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
civil war
civ·il war (plural civ·il wars)
noun
Definition:
war within country: a war between opposing groups within a country
2006-11-28 23:48:09 · answer #5 · answered by bionicbookworm 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No. See the source below for a well thought out argument on why it is not.
2006-11-29 00:03:18 · answer #6 · answered by Cerdic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, by all definitions it is a full blown civil war.
2006-11-28 23:46:51 · answer #7 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Absolutely!
The mainstream media only today (11/28) has started calling it what most of knew all along.
2006-11-28 23:46:06 · answer #8 · answered by heathboy27 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I honestly don't know because I am not over there, but I still think the violence it way out of control.
2006-11-28 23:46:00 · answer #9 · answered by amber 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
2006-11-28 23:50:47 · answer #10 · answered by Tiny 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋