Tom Malinowski actually said...

I'm not entirely comfortable with the use of the term 'civil war' in this case.

I think there's a very strong argument here for patience and for following the kind of approach that the United States followed, for example...

I think there should be much more focus on sending civilian teams to start addressing these and other challenges of governance.

Unlawful combatants may be punished for their unlawful belligerence because they do not have combatant unity.