war vs war
i make a distinction between civil war and invasionary war. in a civil war, the people oppose their own government. sometimes with help from other countries. examples abound. an invasionary war is when one country initates hostilities and invades another (duh!) there's lots of room to debate which category a particular conflict fits into. so why do i make the distinction? civil wars can be won or lost. invasionary wars are usually losing propositions. the exceptions to that casual observation is when the intention of the invader is to kill capture the territory.