A rose by any other name . . .

We've been hearing more and more often that the “insurgents” in Iraq are growing ever “more sophisticated,” and on NPR this morning that was reported again, as well as that they now have armor-piercing bullets and body armor of their own.

Our official position seems to be, also ever-more-often, that the “insurgents” are Saddam’s people — and at least one was heard recently speculating that this may have been Saddam's intent all along. However it is spun, it looks and smells like war, a whole different thing from just a pesky insurgency.

Since there doesn’t seem to be an abatement in sight, and since the attacks now are almost totally against Iraqis even more so than against the new Iraqi regime that we are supporting, isn’t it about time we admit we are once again in the middle of a civil war?