2007-04-05 11:25:01 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
You are correct. What we have had since 2003 is a US Occupation.
2007-04-05 11:31:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's only war in a conventional sense. It was only really in the 17th-20th centuries in the West that war was fought like that. Just about every other war is about terrorising people you want power/wealth/status from by any means possible; rape, pillage, partisan attacks - you name it. If you really want to be finicky you could say the Iraq war was when Bush invaded and faced Saddam's army, now it's the Iraq conflict - because it certainly isn't peaceful there. Nevertheless there are still 2 (or more) sides to the conflict, even if these sides aren't as obvious as the people of France and Britain vs. the people of Germany.
2007-04-05 18:30:31 · answer #2 · answered by Mordent 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Armies from Saddam's armies when democracy took over in Iraq vs. US, UK, & etc. That is 2 opposing armies & thus called a war.
See Germany - not all were Nazis. Still a war.
2007-04-05 18:32:37 · answer #3 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are more than 2 opposing armies. US, Brits etc. + all the insurgent factions.
A war is not simply two state sponsored armies.
USSR in afghanistan was a war with a gov + insurgents. So was vietnam for that matter.
2007-04-05 18:30:02 · answer #4 · answered by dapixelator 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a matter of semantics...two armed factions who oppose each other are fighting within their home country (although some foreigners within these factions are joining in the fight). Perhaps we need to invent a new word for this like a Factional war, or something. (I'm leaving the troops out of this equation because they are only policing this factional war at this point)
2007-04-05 18:31:08 · answer #5 · answered by ♥austingirl♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have made the same observation and been wondering who are the U.S. fighting in Iraq. In Afghanistan it is the Taliban but in Iraq, is it the Iraqi insurgents who are Iraqis or Al Qaeda, who are from all Muslim countries?
2007-04-05 18:32:23 · answer #6 · answered by furrryyy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. That's true for generations one, two and three, but fourth-generation war is a different cat. Not only is it not strictly military, the win or loss is somewhat different, too. And there can be more than two sides.
2007-04-05 18:50:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah....how do you fight a tactic? The war in iraq was over in a week.
2007-04-05 18:31:46 · answer #8 · answered by jeb black 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no one will fight us in the classical type of warfare since anyone doing that will loose against us, so our enemies (smart) have change tactics....so no more uniformed army marching against us..welcome to the future of war kid
2007-04-05 18:32:24 · answer #9 · answered by Krytox1a 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it is 2 opposing army's its just more of a civil war i think...
2007-04-05 18:28:41 · answer #10 · answered by smelly belly 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋