Iraq, Civil war or not?

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Is there or isn't there a civil war in Iraq. Bush and his camp followers insist that there is not and the insurgents are bombing both the Sunni's and Shia to make it appear so. However, most knowledgeable assessments are that the situation has indeed deteriorated to
the point of being a civil war. Further, Americans are being targeted by both sides. Assuming that it is indeed a civil war can or should our forces remain in Iraq and become embroiled in said civil war?

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What is the working definition of a civil war?
Surely it isn't whether or not Bush and Co. think there is a civil war.

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civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight for political power or control of an area. Political scientists use two criteria: the warring groups must be from the same country and fighting for control of the political center, control over a separatist state or to force a major change in policy. The second criterion is that at least 1,000 people must have been killed in total, with at least 100 from each side

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This may help the discussion along.
Whether Bush and Co. say there is or isn't a civil war is like asking Kenneth Lay in 2000 how Enron is doing.

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Of course, it's a civil war, it was a low level civil war escalating lately into an all-out civil war.

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If it is a civil war should we get our troops out of harms way as soon as humanly possible.

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Bush blames Al Qaeda for violence in Iraq

RIGA, Latvia: Dismissing suggestions that Iraq has deteriorated into a civil war, President George W. Bush on Tuesday blamed Al Qaeda for the rising tide of sectarian violence there and said he would press the Iraqi prime minister to lay out a strategy for stopping the killings when the two meet in Jordan this week.

"My questions to him will be: 'What do we need to do to succeed? What is your strategy in dealing with the sectarian violence?'" the president said, referring to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. "I will assure him that we will continue to pursue Al Qaeda to make sure that they do not establish a safe haven in Iraq."

Bush made his remarks at a morning press conference in Tallinn, Estonia, where he made a brief stopover before flying to Riga to attend a NATO summit meeting.

The comments were the first by Bush on the situation in Iraq since a series of bombs killed more than 200 people in a Shiite district of Baghdad last Thursday, the deadliest attack since the American invasion

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/28/news/bush.php

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A small nuke in Sadr city would probably put an end to any civil war.

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MgC,MgC
Your genius makes everything so simple. Rolling Eyes

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Then the Iraqis would really be grateful to the beacon of peace and democracy....to the liberators.
Only then could they really appreciate not having a brutal dictator in power.

You're right....there is nothing a nuke cant fix.