The Iraqis refer to Desert Storm as "the first American war" and Operation Iraqi Freedom as the "second American war."
By the "second" one, they mean the initial invasion that resulted in the toppling of Saddam Hussein.
There's nothing derogatory in how they say it; it's just what they've called the two conflicts.
The terms are understandable and logical from that perspective. What I am steering to is the media still calling it a war, when it is not a war. It is fanatics killing their fellow citizens, and whenever possible, U.S. forces. The present state of affairs is like when the IRA carried out terrorist attacks in England. There is an established Government in Iraq, and it too, is being fought, but not by the U.S. My criticism is aimed at the Tokyo Rose Media.