is it or isn't it civil war?

[vidcc]

Iraq

is it civil war?
NBC and MSNBC have decided to officially call it a civil war, other news outlets are resisting.

I think that there are other things going on so there are grey areas, but for the most part I think a civil war is ongoing.

[j2k4]

I voted "no".

I'm just a northern rebel, I guess.

[Barbarossa]

I voted yes, but to be honest, I think it's quite an uncivil war :dabs:

[bigboab]

Yes. How very convenient. Now we can ask the UN to send in armed forces to control it.:rolleyes:

[Ava Estelle]

I'm just a northern rebel ..

Shouldn't that be northern yankee?

[amopeo]

i vote yes it is

[j2k4]

I'm just a northern rebel ..

Shouldn't that be northern yankee?

To some, certainly.

Not to me.

I am not a party-line guy, though I am aware you haven't noticed.

[bigboab]

This is true. I have noticed a wee bit of the Democrat creeping in lately. If you cant beat them join them. Four years is a long time.:rolleyes:

[ram82082]

I'm just a northern rebel ..

Shouldn't that be northern yankee?

thats redundant, smartass


newho.... i say no, jus because there are too many factions.

[j2k4]

This is true. I have noticed a wee bit of the Democrat creeping in lately. If you cant beat them join them. Four years is a long time.:rolleyes:

My democrat tendencies are highly idealized, though.

Those of the national party are not.

I have empathy for all; but where I will tell you how to help yourself, they will merely buy it done, because to do so does not empower you, it makes you subservient and dependent on them.

I don't like that idea at all (at all). :noes:

[j2k4]

Shouldn't that be northern yankee?

thats redundant, smartass

Quite right.

newho.... i say no, jus because there are too many factions.

See here-

You are obviously not a run-of-the-mill young skull full of mush; stop using the internet jargon exclusively and spell the words out so as to make the proper impression.

You will find it therapeutic, at a minimum, and in return we will reveal the secrets of the universe to you. :yup:

[JPaul]

Shouldn't that be northern yankee?

thats redundant, smartass


newho.... i say no, jus because there are too many factions.

Stop arguing with yourself, no-one's impressed and it's old hat.

FFS even I've been doing that for like ages.

[Ava Estelle]

White House on defensive as US media breaks taboo to declare conflict 'civil war'


... on Monday NBC News used one of its best-known presenters, Matt Lauer, to declare the network's semantic defiance of the White House. "After careful consideration, NBC News has decided a change in terminology is warranted, that the situation in Iraq, with armed, militarised factions fighting for their own political agendas, can now be characterised as civil war."


Source (http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1959479,00.html)

[lynx]

White House on defensive as US media breaks taboo to declare conflict 'civil war'


... on Monday NBC News used one of its best-known presenters, Matt Lauer, to declare the network's semantic defiance of the White House. "After careful consideration, NBC News has decided a change in terminology is warranted, that the situation in Iraq, with armed, militarised factions fighting for their own political agendas, can now be characterised as civil war."


Source (http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1959479,00.html)
Next thing you know, Fox will be calling at a civil war too. :rolleyes:



No, forget that, I don't know what I was thinking. :noes:

[ram82082]

thats redundant, smartass

Quite right.

newho.... i say no, jus because there are too many factions.

See here-

You are obviously not a run-of-the-mill young skull full of mush; stop using the internet jargon exclusively and spell the words out so as to make the proper impression.

You will find it therapeutic, at a minimum, and in return we will reveal the secrets of the universe to you. :yup:



n exactly who wood i be tryin 2 impress wit this "proper impression"? u?:huh:

[Ava Estelle]

n exactly who wood i be tryin 2 impress wit this "proper impression"? u?:huh:

m, id sy f u trd 2 rit prper so dat wee cud reed wot u av 2 sa u wudnt luk sow dumb.

[j2k4]

See here-

You are obviously not a run-of-the-mill young skull full of mush; stop using the internet jargon exclusively and spell the words out so as to make the proper impression.

You will find it therapeutic, at a minimum, and in return we will reveal the secrets of the universe to you. :yup:



n exactly who wood i be tryin 2 impress wit this "proper impression"? u?:huh:

Just so.

Do you think it unimportant?