The terms are understandable and logical from that perspective. What I am steering to is the media still calling it a war, when it is not a war. It is fanatics killing their fellow citizens, and whenever possible, U.S. forces. The present state of affairs is like when the IRA carried out terrorist attacks in England. There is an established Government in Iraq, and it too, is being fought, but not by the U.S. My criticism is aimed at the Tokyo Rose Media.
I was just FYI-ing. I found it somewhat amusing the first time I heard an Iraqi talking about the "first American war" and "the second American war." I said...
"....oh. We didn't call them that." He laughed heartily.
Iraqis have great senses of humor.