tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post116551421940689571..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Civil War? So It’s Not Just a Matter of Semantics After AllHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1165799390151585832006-12-10T20:09:00.000-05:002006-12-10T20:09:00.000-05:00If a real civil war emerged, what label would be u...If a real civil war emerged, what label would be used then? I can't think of a term...<BR/>The Major General is correct, the current violence in Iraq is precipitated by small groups. Want to see a civil war? Look at Africa (Rwanda the worst) when large numbers of ordinary citizens grab a machete and go after their neighbors. <BR/>Regarding Kosovo, it was, is, and will be a civil war.Evanston2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09851967034946400308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1165533178730658652006-12-07T18:12:00.000-05:002006-12-07T18:12:00.000-05:00The postmodern view of semantics is accurate for m...The postmodern view of semantics is accurate for most or many people---the word is the concept. If Iraq is an insurgency or a proxy war, we might be able to win. If it's a civil war, forget it---all we can do is get our people in the way of the bullets and bombs.<BR/><BR/>(Of course we intervened in Kosovo, which was more properly a civil war, but that was "humanitarian," and besides, You-Know-Who was C-in-C.)Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com