Is the world having a civil war?
480566
There is and has been for over 200 years a cultural war between the East and the West.\n\nThe conflict is ideological (the current war is an escalation) and is between two competing moralities:  Rational Self-Interest (selfishness) and Altruism (selflessness).  \n\nYou'd better hope and pray that selfishness wins, because it's rival (the morality of Altruism) is responsible for the worst of mankind's history (wars, mass murder, political oppression, etc.).
413524
Sad but true, all wars since world war 2 have been conflicts. from korea to iraq. every generation has seen war. or as the gov calls it conflict. tell a soldger that korea, vietnam, panama, iraq 1, iraq 2 is not a war. i wouldnt but the gov would. they would tell them it was a conflict. messed up i think.
89919
Lebanon has essentially been in civil war for a long time.  I doubt it will get any worse then it is today.\n\nIf you are talking about internal striff, then i think it will countinue and get better and worse over time.  If you are talking actuall war with other countries, then no i don't think anything will happen like that.
338502
The leaders of the two countries get together and solv the problem without force.  If hat doesn't work they can duke it out on their own.  If thing opperated like that I bet there would be fewer wars.  It's been a long time since world leaders have been in the battlefield, if this were changed I think war would be less frequent.
459680
They are engaged in civil war now. Whether we leave now or in a 100 years there is going to be a civil war. 50 Iriqi dead every day. One or the other groups and sometimes both.
745798
Even though I support the war I would have to say the answer to your question is no. There is strife in many locations in the world, but we appear to be very selective about where we take action. I do not think that it can be denied that if oil is concerned it plays a major factor. Because oil is vital to our national economy it becomes what is termed as a vital national interest. If our actions were purely altruistic then we would be taking action against genocide in Africa, but we are not. Anyone who believes that oil is not at least in part a factor is deluding themselves, but I for one have no problem with wars for oil. I drive a car, I like electricity and I use rubber and plastic products. At least wars for resources make sense where  as wars of ideology usually do not.
202780
That's a good question, I agree with the 1st post, in addition, southern countries should stop fighting each other, like the Iraqi Iranian war, India and Pakistan, instead work with each other..
235739
It is and is going to become more unstable, there are too many factors there that made this civil war and who knows who likes it and who doesn't?\nIt will ruin US long-term interest, from Domino theory and great Middle East to Iraq oil but maybe there are good things about it that I don't know.
29312
Sure, it is! Many civil wars in countries in Africa are still raging on.
417860
A fight against our own people. Check out the link below for more info on the Civil War.
284848
I don't have the time to list them for you, but here is a site that might help some...\n\n      http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567354/Civil_War.html#p53
503708
No. All wars have a root cause of economics and then you go from there. Money and emotions run the world.
946576
Please......everyone is in denial that there is a civil war going on in Iraq.  Sunnis and Shiites killing and getting killed.  US troops are dying just because they are there.  The Kurds are just smart enough to stay away from civil war because when the Sunnis and Shiites annihilate each other, then the Kurds will have it all.
702393
Yes, Iraq is in the civil war now.
786092
A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight for political power or control of an area. Political scientists use two criteria: the warring groups must be from the same country and fighting for control of the political center, control over a separatist state or to force a major change in policy. The second criteria is that at least 1,000 people must have been killed in total, with at least 100 from each side.
881672
That is not a civil war, it's a population control experiment by the people of Iraq. It helps reduce the overcrowding in schools.
105774
Yes it is. Most of the worlds wars started over religion and this is further proof.\n\nThe Danish imams, who protested the publication of 12 Muhammad cartoons [see them all below] in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten last September, have announced that they want to end the dispute. For four months the imams and their radical Muslim organizations have unsuccesfully demanded government censorship. However, despite immense pressure (also from international organizations such as the UN and the EU) the Danish government refused to call the newspaper to account.\n\nLast week a couple of Norwegian papers decided to publish the cartoons in support of the Danish paper while in Denmark moderate Muslims, encouraged by the government’s refusal to be intimidated by the radicals, have distanced themselves from the imams. The latter announced on Friday that they no longer demand apologies from Jyllands-Posten for the publication. Instead they said they just want two things: a guarantee from the Danish authorities that Muslims can freely practice their religion without being “provoked and discriminated.” And a declaration from Jyllands-Posten that the cartoons were not published with the intention of mocking the Muslim faith. “We want Jyllands-Posten to show respect for the Muslims. This can happen with an apology, but it can also happen in some other way. We will leave it to Jyllands-Posten to come up with some ideas,” said Ahmed Akkari, spokesman of the Muslim organizations. “We want respect for Muhammad restored and we want him to be described as the man he really was in history, and that he gets the respect he deserves,” Akkari stressed that Muslim organizations are still deeply opposed to the publication of the cartoons.