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To: Jack Black
Massive political disagreement is NOT a civil war! War, by definition, involves the use of arms to achieve what poltical means have failed to.

Tell that to the Cold War that Ronald Reagan bloodlessly won.

Hmmm... a Cold Civil War II? ;^)

86 posted on 10/21/2003 10:25:34 AM PDT by Teacher317
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To: Teacher317
ME: Massive political disagreement is NOT a civil war! War, by definition, involves the use of arms to achieve what poltical means have failed to.

YOU: Tell that to the Cold War that Ronald Reagan bloodlessly won.

I respectfully disagree. The Cold War included a large number of proxie wars. Reagan brilliantly avoided the all-out land war in Europe that would have led to nuclear exchange, but he fought the proxy war with arms. The most well known were:

Vietnam 1955-75
Nicaragua 1980s
Guatamala 1980s
Angola 70s and 80s
Korea 1950s
Grenada circa 85

116 posted on 10/21/2003 11:58:06 AM PDT by Jack Black
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