TCS: Civil War Enthusiasts

James Joyner · Thursday, December 2, 2004 · 2 Comments

My latest TCS column, “Civil War Enthusiasts,” is up. It takes a look at Matthew Yglesias‘ assertion over at TAP that not only is an Iraqi civil war inevitable, it’s already underway. The piece incorporates and builds upon a longish post by Gregory Djerejian over at Belgravia Dispatch, which I stumbled upon doing research for the article and have added to the blogroll.

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James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.

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Steven Taylor says:

Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 11:02

FYI: no link to your piece.

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Bradford Plumer says:

Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 13:25

The C-word
James Joyner also believes that Iraq is not truly in a civil war, as I argued below. Much of this debate may seem rather pedantic, clutching at definitions, but it matters for U.S. policy. If you think the worst-case civil war scenario is what we’re …

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