Afghanistan. A civil war.

From Marine Corps Times.

In the make-or-break struggle for Kandahar, birthplace of Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgency, U.S. commanders will try to pull off the military equivalent of brain surgery: defeating the militants with minimal use of force.

Its a great read and I recommend you follow the link.  But this article gave rise in me to one unmistakable thought.

We are fighting in a civil war.