at least now it's official

Matt Lauer on the “Today Show”, boldly going where thinking folks went nine months ago…

After careful consideration, NBC news has decided to change in terminology as warranted that the situation in Iraq, with armed, militarized factions fighting for their own political agendas, can now be characterized as civil war.

Looks like someone forgot to let the various Iraqi militants know that it’s OK to stop trying to influence our election results.

Via The Huffington Post (see the video there).