Civil War

So NBC is calling the mess in Iraq a civil war, but the BBC is holding off. Colin Powell (prepping for a run at the White House?) says yes, but General Jack Keane, who developed the invasion plan, says not yet (but it's getting there).

Sadly, and many before me have said this same things, civil war may be necessary. Indeed, we got our nation through civil war. Let's be clear about one thing here: The only things that may remain of the Iraq that stood before the invasion are the name and the borders. This is not an improved Iraq; this is a new nation. New nations are not created by those in existence, they are created by people. Sadly, the people have little say right now in where things are going, and no elections are going to change that fact until the violence is stopped from inside.