The Iraq Civil War
NBC News has joined the Los Angeles Times in changing its description of the sectarian violence in Iraq. For NBC News, it is now officially a civil war. The blog TV Newser has some of the background details, although you'll have to scroll down a post or two to find them.
Fox says it won't use the term, but other networks may now have cover to do what's right. They have apparently been reluctant to use the term in the face of White House refusal to call the Iraq conflict a civil war. The reason is obvious. If a civil war is going on, why are U.S. troops in the middle of it? Which dog do we back in the fight? And why do we care?