In light of the facts, shouldn't we be calling it the Iraq INVASION....

[pointsoflight]

...rather than the Iraq war? Doesn't that one word change drive home the point that the Bush administration's push into Iraq was unjustified and illegal?

[knowbody0]

1. the invasion and occupation

[deutsey]

2. That's what I've always called it

I've never called it a "war".

[ewagner]

4. Same here

It was, is now and always has been an INVASION.

[Double T]

12. Yes, Agreed!!

[The Magistrate]

3. That Has Been My Consistent Practice, Sir

Invasion it was, and occupation with a puppet government for window dressing it remains....

[pointsoflight]

7. I know some having been saying it this way...

...I guess I'm just calling for a widespread movement among our blogosphere to call it what it was, an invasion, not a war. If we do so, maybe this characterization will gradually filter into more general use, even in some circles of the media.

[TahitiNut]

10. (ditto)

:shrug: It is what it is. Same with Afghanistan.

[mcscajun]

5. I'm a preposition nut...

I've always called it "the war ON Iraq" rather than "the war in Iraq" or the Iraq War.

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. Or colonization?

Since there was no legitimate reason to go in and wholesale murder
all those Iraqis other than to secure the oil real estate, it appears to be a colonial grab.

[Journeyman]

8. I've been partial to "Iraq Attack" or "Iraqi Attacki". . .

but then, I like alliteration.

[Cleita]

9. By all means. I have been using it alrady here and there. I

think it's time to call it an invasion at all times now. Also, it should be called a dirty war. IMHO

[kevinmc]

11. When Talking To GOP I Use The Proper Name........

Cakewalk. They don't seem to like it.

[peacetalksforall]

13. Yes...it is Iraq Invasion, not Iraq War.....and

9-11 was not an act of war, it was an act of crime...
and should have been settled in the courts just as the first bomb attempt on WTC.....

(if indeed we didn't do 9-11 ourselves).

[RebelOne]

14. I have always called it the Iraq invasion. n/t

[tnlefty]

15. Bush**'s invasion works better for me publicly.

privately the lying Bush**'s grand f'up works even better.