How do you fight and WIN a civil war in a country that isn't yours ?

Question

"Sectarian violence" is just another way of saying civil war without actually saying it.

Where are all the conservatives when you need them..? They usually have all the answers right ?!..lol

Answer 1

Impossible.

Answer 2

It is not a civil war. A civil war is a revolt against the government. The violence in Iraq is insurgent terrorists attacking American troops just to create casualties because they know that the only way to beat the American military is by undermining their efforts at home.

For instance, they will attack a convoy and blow up one truck. The convoy has hundreds of trucks and there are literally thousands of trucks in convoys all over Iraq every day. What is the point of blowing up one truck? Just to try to have at least a few casualties reported back to the feckless, weak, lilly-livered American public so they cry out to pull the troops out of Iraq.

There are old scores being settled between various groups, too. There are outsiders from Iran and other places doing their best to break the will of the American civilians. They are certainly succeeding with that.

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Answer 3

Only those fighting the war can win it or decide when it ends. And in a "war" is there EVER a "winner"? I personally don't think so. Unfortunately, the Iraqi people have seen way to much bloodshed in their lifetimes and they are the only ones who can end it. Are they fighting because they have different religious ideologies from one another or are they fighting simply because there American soldiers there to kill and it's more convenient to kill them there than to travel here to the US? If we leave and the fighting stops, what does that say about the Iraqis'? What does that say about the US? If we leave and the fighting continues...well, apply those first two questions here as well. But if we leave and the fighting worsens, then we know that we weren't the problem, that maybe we were part of the solution. But if we leave and the fighting stops, the Iraqis get it together and put together a stabilized, centralized, nonsectarian government then maybe we were part of the problem. The real problem with war is collateral damage. Collateral damage includes but is not limited to the death of innocent men, women and child civilians, but also the destruction of buildings, property, artifacts, etc. owned by non-aggressors. In the case of the current war in Iraq, the death of those innocents, most likely will result in the production of more terrorists as it is very difficult to convince a child whose parents have been killed accidentally by US soldiers that a) it was an accident and b) we were trying to help. Those same criteria apply when one is trying to explain to a father, husband, mother, wife, grandmother, grandfather, son, daughter, brother, sister or any other kin why their loved one is now no longer alive. As the tagline of the movie "Platoon" states, "The first casualty of war is innocence." Fight WAR, not Wars. VOTE DEMOCRAT in '08! SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! BRING THEM HOME!!

Answer 4

The way the French did in Algeria or the British did in Northern Ireland.

And civil war is very much different from sectarian violence. Again, look at Northern Ireland. Sectarian violence, but no civil war.

Answer 5

In fact, the United States started the war, and invaded it's neighbour, Canada, with the express intent of forcibly annexing it. (While still British territory, the land along the St-Lawrence and beyond had already been called "Canada", and its people "Canadian", for 200 years.) That intent can be found in dozens of quotes, such Jefferson's boast that taking over Canada would be "merely a matter or marching." The Americans were annoyed at Britain because the Royal Navy was stopping American ships and impressing sailors into the Royal Navy: a common practice at the the time, and, in fact, many of those taken were Royal Navy sailors who had deserted. Britain and Napoleon's France were locked in a very large war at the time, and with each side blockading the other, any ship, from any country, trying to run a blockade to deliver supplies was liable to be stopped and boarded. The Americans were also annoyed because their settlers were swarming west into the native homeland, and the natives were beginning to resist. The British, however, had seen the wisdom of pursuing peace and trade with the natives, which, in American eyes, made them accomplices. A group in Congress called the War Hawks pushed for war. As talk of starting a war got hotter, the seven New England states were so disgusted that they openly discussed seceding from the Union. (Their worst fears would be confirmed in the war: a British blockade that destryed their economy.) In June of 1812, the Americans declared war, and sent large numbers of regular army troops into Canada. They faced 5200 British regulars, and about three times as many Canadian militia and natives. Despite their numerical superiority, the American invasion forces were decisively defeated in a series of battles, and in their retreat back over the border, also surrendered Detroit, Buffalo, and Fort Dearborn (Chicago). Britain, despite invading and burning Washington unopposed, showed no inclination to hold territory or re-impose their rule, and agreed when the US asked for peace talks. The American war aim of taking Canada was defeated. None of their other grievances was even mentioned in the Treaty of Ghent, and the British had ended impressment before the war had begun. Ironically, the Canadian/British victory, against long odds, brought together two very separate English and French-speaking cultures, and ignited discussion of nationhood.

Answer 6

You cannot win a civil war in another country.

Answer 7

Outsiders in civil wars can't win or lose if it's not their country. They may take sides to help someone win, but they can't win someone else's civil war

Answer 8

I only hate to see what will happen in the Middle East just after 5 years going.

Answer 9

Ever wonder what Fantastic Four were all about?
Look around .
We have Batman, Robin and the Joker.
Ever wonder who is missing?
Look around.
Ever wonder why the iceberg, glaciers and snow were melting?
Ever wonder who cannot live without the ice?
Ever wonder if a flock of lost sheeps is wandering lost without the shepherd.?
Ever wonder will the flocks of lost sheeps wandering lost with some of them jumping off the cliffs?
Look around.
What must living human kind do to solve the mess out there?
Luke 22.44-45, 47-49
Our creator left behind the answers out there.
Luke 8.17

Answer 10

Well not exactly. A civil war would mean that they are actually fighting for power , the violence is just revenge killings and such more like gang violence