Stage of warfare

[Jonathan Lighter]

Maybe there needs to be more strategic coordination and clarity of aims
among the rebels to count as a "civil war" rather than as a rebellion or an
uprising or an insurgency.

Just guessing. There was a similar terminological question in Iraq. In
Afghanistan, however, the Taliban is the coordinating antigovernment group,
and its aims seem clearer.

JL
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:32 AM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>wrote:

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> The CNN article this morning says:
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> "Syria is engaging in crimes against humanity and drifting closer to a
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> Is there a scale of events that measures when unrest finally becomes war?
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> would have called what's happening in Syria as Civil War some time ago.
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