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You are correct that they are killing in record numbers but for the MSM to change their definition consistency just because they disapprove of one action over others is a bit disingenuous. There are 3 countries right now in Africa that have more loses of life than Iraq and more sectarian violence for power than Iraq but don't get the honor of being declared a "civil war". Why is that? My thinking is they only want to use that term because it's a self-fulfilling prophecy if not in fact but in propaganda. Why not declare Brazil a Civil War being the drug lords, tribes and Government are killing 150 a day all in the name of power? Afghanistan is not being declared a Civil War, why not? It's the same principle as what's going on in Iraq, power for control or for a quick buck.

In fact, Iraq is not a civil war, because those who are fighting are NOT trying to take over the government. It's really just gang violence, rival groups trying to get revenge for what some other group did or is thought to have done to them first.

Then there is the terrorists trying to throw the country into anarchy, but that is no more a civil war than 9/11 was a civil war in this country, it's just a TERRORIST ACTION.