Is it correct to continually refer to the Iraq situation in terms of 'war'?

Question

When the actual war ended some four years ago.

Answer 1

its actually a peace mission.

Answer 2

Technically the answer is yes.

Though the President declared that the majority of fighting was over four years ago, he was wrong.

The War with the Sadaam Hussain's Baath Party ended with the execution of their leader and the change of Government.

The War on Terror, though many feel is an empty phrase, is actually a war on organized militant groups who do not abide by the laws of the Nations they inhabit.

In Iraq there are at least three major militia groups that are not part of the country of Iraq, and do not feel obligated to the new laws of Iraq. Those groups are who the US troops are at war with now. (Many say this is a civil war between the Sunni and Shiite and that we should get out and let them decide their fate in the same way the US decided it's fate in our Civil War.)

Bush's increase of troops are to be used to go door to door securing one city from opposition militia at a time, until all private militia are disbanded, and control of the country is securely in the elected government, the police and the official military hands.

So in Iraq we are at war against private militias and insurgents.

I have tried to answer the question without bias, which is hard, because I constantly have to ask: is it worth the lives of our troops, and the Billions of dollars of money that could be used here in our own country to make our country better?

definitions =
1. A state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties.

2. The period of such conflict.

3. The techniques and procedures of war; military science.

2. A concerted effort or campaign to combat or put an end to something considered injurious: the war against acid rain.

Answer 3

The war in Iraq did not end four years ago.

The successful invasion was just the end of the beginning.

Now as the prosecution of the war has turned against the US coalition we are nearing the beginning of the end as the US faces
the prospect of losing yet another military conflict.

The end will be a desperate situations as US soldiers run for an exit as they did in Lebanon, Somalia and Vietnam.
Similarly the US is desperate for an exit in Afghanistan having failed to eradicate the Taliban and (crucially) to capture/kill Bin Laden (which was the justification to bomb over 100,000 innocent Afghan civilians).

Answer 4

America never actually declared war in iraq.

There was no authorisation for war from the United Nations and the invasion was illegal under international law.

It is usually called an invasion and occupation. Iraq has no opposition army so it's not really a war.

It's an illegal occupation opposed by Iraqi resistance fighters that want to invaders to stop killing innocent Iraqi's and leave.

Answer 5

Bush said the war ended, everyone else are still fighting there so it's not correct to say the war is over.

Answer 6

It never was a war. It was an invasion initated by the neo-cons to divert attention from the CIA's inability to find Bin Laden.
Saddam was a much easier target.

Answer 7

It is actually the tennis cup finals and those IEDs are just firecrackers celebrating our great victory. And if the stuff you are on is not illegal, it should be, thats for sure!

Answer 8

the war on terror continuous, as does the civil war.

Answer 9

i`m a British citizen, therefore i have phuckall to say in da matter,
its to do wiv people who make money outa oil and land

Answer 10

When only one side says it's over, it isn't really.