Good news -- the insurgency is over! Now we need a new strategy for the Iraq War.

[Fabius Maximus]

a proponent of 4GW, which relies on extremely loose interpretations of history.

I'll have to think about this. There must be a rebuttal, but I cannot imagine what it might be. Where is Lind when I need him?

I agree with you -- and like your phrasing -- about the evil spawn of 5GW and so forth. They seem like a good idea taken to the point of absurdity.

I'm betting "insurgency".

I'll bet on the other said of the question. Perhaps we lack the fine distinctions needed. What are other forms of civil war, other than insurgency?