wrong again badman
A civil war has two sides with clear goals, fighing each other. what we have in Iraq is sectarian violence on a huge scale by many different groups. much much worse :crybaby:
Dictionary.com
civil war 
definition: a war between political factions or regions within the same country.
"The civil war is already well along. We have no way of knowing if it's too late until we try a radically different course," said Larry Diamond, one of a panel of experts advising the Iraq Study Group, preparing a range of policy alternatives for President Bush.
The group is charged with delivering an independent non bias assessment of the situation in Iraq in the U.S.-led war.
WASHINGTON - CIA officers in Iraq are warning that the country may be on a path to civil war, current and former U.S. officials said Wednesday, starkly contradicting the upbeat assessment that President Bush gave in his State of the Union address.
The Bush administration has received a warning from senior senators that Iraq faces a likely civil war. These senators include Richard Lugar and Joe Biden, the Republic and Democratic Party leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
If i'm wrong then i suppose i'm in good company.