"Pentagon: 'Civil war' inadequate term for Iraq war". So what do you think is a better term?

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/15/iraq.main/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A new Pentagon report said some elements of the war in Iraq fit the definition of civil war, but the term "does not adequately capture the complexity of the conflict."

The war in Iraq has been characterized by fighting between the majority Shiite Muslim sect and the minority Sunni Muslims, who were in power under Saddam Hussein's regime.

But the report also cites Shiite-on-Shiite violence; al Qaeda and Sunni insurgent attacks on coalition forces, and "widespread criminally motivated violence" as features that complicate the designation of civil war.

The quarterly report, which is mandated by Congress, said attacks and casualties documented for the last three months of 2006 are the highest since the war began four years ago.


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I think Bush's Folly is a good name. Also would describe Iraq as FUBAR!

[NYCGirl]

1. Complete, fucking CHAOS. NT

[endarkenment]

2. Total Goat Fuck? nt.

[bryant69]

3. Bush's Clusterfuck

Springs to mind.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[malaise]

14. Ditto n/t

[NewJeffCT]

16. That's what I thought when I saw the OP subject

before I saw the responses.

[TechBear_Seattle]

4. Quagmire, maybe? n/t

[KansDem]

5. "Incivil war?" (eom)

[niyad]

6. horrendous, unmitigated nightmare?

[niyad]

7. the neo-cons' wet dream?

[Journeyman]

8. Best description I've heard is "catastraphuck". . .

(with a nod to Jon Stewart)

[annabanana]

11. yup. . best description

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. The War of the un-thrown Roses.

[JoDog]

10. Faith-based fisticuffs?

[leftofthedial]

12. Utter clusterfuck

prime example of repuke capitalism in practice

[Homer Wells]

13. CATASTRO PHUCK n/t

[twiceshy]

15. Frank Herberts "Dune" writ large.

[damntexdem]

17. Dubya's Downfall.

Bushwhack Central.

Conservatives' Clusterfuck.

PNAC's Plunge.

Haliburton's Delight.

Bloodbath in Blackwater.

As Uncivil as War Gets?