Stage of warfare

[Jonathan Lighter]

The UN now terms the situation in Syria a "civil war."

What changed, or when, I can't say.

JL

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> To be honest, I'm more concerned about incongruous serialization
> (whatever it's called). I don't see the two actions as being alike
> enough to warrant serializing them.
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>     VS-)
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> On 6/8/2012 6:32 AM, David Barnhart wrote:
> > The CNN article this morning says:
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> > "Syria is engaging in crimes against humanity and drifting closer to a
> civil
> > war."
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> > Is there a scale of events that measures when unrest finally becomes
> war?  I
> > would have called what's happening in Syria as Civil War some time ago.
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> > Regards,
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> > David
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