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Opposition to the game came from families of lost soldiers, retired troops and citizens' groups in the United States and Europe.

Konami has chosen to pull the controversial game Six Days in Fallujah after criticism arose for depicting the events of a still ongoing war. The game sought to recreate the battles between United States and terrorists in Fallujah, Iraq 2004.

Six Days in Fallujah was developed by an American company Atomic Games and Konami had plans for a 2010 release date. According to Jamin Brophy-Warren, 40 United States soldiers that saw action in Fallujah helped in the games development by providing diaries and journals about their experiences

A Konami spokesperson explained their decisions stating, “After seeing the reaction to the videogame in the United States and hearing opinions sent through phone calls and e-mail, we decided several days ago not to sell it." He also stated, "We had intended to convey the reality of the battles to players so that they could feel what it was like to be there."

Opposition to the game came from families of lost soldiers, retired troops and citizens' groups in the United States and Europe. In a Kotaku article from earlier in the month, former Colonel Tim Collins a former Iraq War veteran is quoted stating,  "It's much too soon to start making video games about a war that's still going on, and an extremely flippant response to one of the most important events in modern history. It's particularly insensitive given what happened in Fallujah, and I will certainly oppose the release of this game."

Dan Rosenthal another Iraq war veteran points out in the Kotaku article the differences between Call of Duty 4 and Six Days in Fallujah explaining why the former was not a target for criticism while Six Days in Fallujah is. Rosenthal stated, "The game isn't set in some unnamed country, it's in Iraq, and it's not some 'unnamed city', it's Fallujah," he adds. "There's no way for them to avoid that they chose to place this game in a location where 20,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, reportedly over 6,000 civilians were killed, and over 150,000 displaced. Who is going to tell those stories?"

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Video games are a new medium of art
By naes21 on 4/27/2009 3:27:06 PM , Rating: 5
I am an Iraq veteran and I don't see any reason to not make this game. Video games are certainly entertaining but they are also a new story telling medium. To me this is the equivalent of not publishing a book because of the subject matter. They are a business and have the right not to sell it but I wish they would.




RE: Video games are a new medium of art
By xti on 4/27/2009 3:36:00 PM , Rating: 5
i am really glad you support this. Maybe it doesnt exactly 'immortalize' the theme, but it can be the video game industries way of doing it.

profit or not.


RE: Video games are a new medium of art
By jimbojimbo on 4/27/2009 4:22:37 PM , Rating: 5
I'm also an Iraq veteran and I have no problem with this game. If they're not going to be selling it, what do you think the chances are of somehow it getting leaked via torrent? They won't be making any money off of it anyway so why not?


RE: Video games are a new medium of art
By ImSpartacus on 4/27/2009 8:19:26 PM , Rating: 2
It's probably not finished. Besides, they will probably lock what is done down and minimize the possibility for a leak now that there is no work to be done on it.

It's a pity. It could've been a tasteful tribute to all of the people, soldiers and civilians, that were affected by those events.


RE: Video games are a new medium of art
By MrPoletski on 4/28/2009 8:45:09 AM , Rating: 2
yes, sure, it could have been a tastful tribute to the suffering that went on there.

Of course it could just as easily be a totally tasteless and one sided view of events deisgned to get gamers hooked and derive fun out of what went on there. I think this is the nature of others objections.

Me? I couldn't care less, well actually, just watching the political ramifications of such a game would be entertaining for me.


By clovell on 4/28/2009 11:18:17 AM , Rating: 2
I kind of doubt that it would be tasteless, seeing as how it was based on the diaries and accounts of dozens of veterans, but I guess we don't know for sure.

Not only are video games a new art, but they also have messages now. They can tell a story on the same level of Flags of our Fathers or Letters from Iwo Jima. They are a legitimate form of media that, in my opinion are no more inherently flippant 'infotainment' than the 5 o'clock news.

I mean no disrespect to our veterans, and I appreciate that they see no virtue in the experience of war. However, history forgotten is more often repeated, and games have become part of the new 'mainstream media' - for better, or for worse.

Were I Konami, I'd have done a private screening before deciding to pull it.


RE: Video games are a new medium of art
By alifbaa on 4/27/2009 4:42:29 PM , Rating: 3
Not that it matters, but I'm an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran and I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would want to "see what it's like."

Don't get me wrong, I love FPS' and hate terrorists just like any red blooded American. But seriously, it's war, what do you think it's like? Like someone else here said, why would anyone want to celebrate destroying an entire city?

I don't buy the company's line of bringing the experience to the masses. Nobody wants to buy the experience. They buy it because it's fun. Any video game based on real events isn't seeking to recreate them for historical appreciation. They're glorifying carnage and turning war into a cartoon.


RE: Video games are a new medium of art
By Mojo the Monkey on 4/27/2009 5:37:07 PM , Rating: 5
quote:
They're glorifying carnage and turning war into a cartoon.


Welcome to the profitability model of 80% of video games. Do you really think games about WW2 or Vietnam are any better? Often times, the "how close is it to what it was like" factor is one of the criteria for judging success in game creators' minds. Some try to be VERY accurate with famously documented battles and how they unfold. My point is, keeping things in line with real events (I said in-line with, not mimicking) can co-exist with a fun game.

People want to experience new and exciting things. I mean, no one really wants to experience being left for dead in a city with a bunch of zombies... but hey, its a best seller!


RE: Video games are a new medium of art
By General Disturbance on 4/27/2009 6:38:45 PM , Rating: 5
I agree. We have hundreds if not thousands of games depicting REAL events from WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, not to mention countless special ops games also depicting REAL events. Most of those events were about the good guys killing en-masse the bad guys, and we all just LOVE the fun of playing those events in FPS's...not that we'd really want to be there.
How cold do the bodies have to be before it's okay? It is entirely hypocritical to say this game is bad but other war games are okay. Do those people who died in WW2 not matter as much as the people dying today? Simply because it was far enough in the past so who cares?

I hope another distributor takes the game and sells it. I'd love to play it. Because I for one have NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED in Fallujah, and I'd like to know. A good game is a great story teller.


By AEvangel on 4/27/2009 6:44:09 PM , Rating: 4
I agree....censorship is never the answer...but then again I think the comment by company that they wanted to let people know what is was like there will not show anything aboutthe innocent people that were killed or displaced by the fighting or this war in general.

Personally, I think while they have every right to make it and publish it, it's still a really dumb move to make the game while the fighting is still on going in this war.


RE: Video games are a new medium of art
By General Disturbance on 4/27/2009 6:49:26 PM , Rating: 2
I'm saying I don't know anything about Fallujah because all you find online is either left wing "America is the Evil empire and look what it did" bs or the right wing "Look how awesome America is and what great work we did in Fallujah".
It's all bunk...

This game is supposed to have been created from real soldiers' experiences and interviews. If I could find such transcripts I'd read them to get "an idea".

Anything out there?


RE: Video games are a new medium of art
By alifbaa on 4/27/2009 7:00:43 PM , Rating: 5
The history channel did a really good documentary on it, although they weren't able to give a good feel for the destruction that went on their because no one could go there and get video of it given the security situation of the time. I think it was a part of their "Shootout" series. They still show it every now and then.

To sum it up in a somewhat flippant way for you, the city was a den of every Sunni terrorist/insurgent/nationalist group in the country, fueling the greater war. The government had lost complete control of the city for a long period of time, and the Marines were finally sent in to take it back. They cordoned off the city, ordered anyone who didn't want to die to leave, and then went in WWII style and obliterated the city and everyone in it.

In the aftermath, the Arab world saw nothing but dead civilians and destroyed homes, the western world saw a major military operation with no real results beyond some extensive destruction of a city, and the US saw a 30 second clip of complete victory without complication sandwiched in between more important news relating to Britney Spears and Madonna adopting a new baby.

Somewhere in between all of that is what actually happened.


By RjBass on 4/28/2009 5:10:48 AM , Rating: 1
Ummmmm how bout a 6 for this one?


RE: Video games are a new medium of art
By Bonesdad on 4/27/2009 11:30:01 PM , Rating: 5
SOrry, I don't believe any of these games "depict real events". My dad was a WWII vet and the stories he told made Saving Private Ryan look like a fairy tale. I don't disagree with what you are saying, but these games trivialize the "real events". I hope no one thinks they understand what it was like after playing a game or even watching an intense movie like Private Ryan.


By Zingam on 4/28/2009 5:34:37 AM , Rating: 2
My grandfather was WII veteran but he never told any stories about the war. All I know from my grandmother is that his overcoat was pierced in 7 spots. He was a signaler. I guess that was pretty dangerous job and he was just lucky.

I really like the realistic games about war. They give better impression what it was like to be there. I don't enjoy the killing in the games. I enjoy that after playing such a game I can value life and piece better and to thank God that I don't need to take part in a war. Especially when I know how much we sucked during my military service.


By FITCamaro on 4/28/2009 10:51:42 AM , Rating: 2
Well from the words of other WW2 vets, Saving Private Ryan, while dramatic, at some parts did portray the war very well.

Of course if you really want a good depiction, buy Band of Brothers. Probably the best thing I've ever watched regarding WW2. I want to buy it on Blu-ray now.


By alifbaa on 4/27/2009 6:49:57 PM , Rating: 5
Just to clarify. I agree with you completely. I'm not opposed to the existence of these games, but they're neither accurate nor honorific as their makers like to claim.


By MrPoletski on 4/28/2009 8:47:56 AM , Rating: 2
quote:
People want to experience new and exciting things. I mean, no one really wants to experience being left for dead in a city with a bunch of zombies... but hey, its a best seller!


I would sacrifice the entire human race to a horrible 28 days later style zombifying disease if it meant I got to sleep with zoe...

;)

hey babe, it's just you and me now.. we gotta keep the race a goin'...


By MrPoletski on 4/29/2009 8:39:07 AM , Rating: 2
quote:
Not that it matters, but I'm an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran and I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would want to "see what it's like."


Personally, I would like the chickenhawks and armchair generals of the blogosphere that keep chanting for war to know EXACTLY what war is like.


By foolsgambit11 on 4/27/2009 8:13:49 PM , Rating: 3
Video games may be an art medium, but if they are, Konami is the Thomas Kincaide of video game designers. Their goal is a product with commercial appeal, totally unoffensive. I would have liked to see how this game turned out, but I'm not at all surprised by the decision to kill it. Just like I would like to play a game from the insurgents' point of view, but I know it won't be made.

Oh yeah, I'm an OIF vet, too.


By Omega215D on 4/27/2009 8:19:05 PM , Rating: 2
It seems we have ourselves a nice split in the anandtech forum regarding the issue. Some veterans are for it and some are not.

Fox FX Network has shown the series Over There, the History and Discovery Channels have shown various fire fights from Gulf War and some from Afghanistan. The news media has shown countless of stories on the issue, and though it may be a bit soon this is a natural progression.

Odd how WW I and Vietnam have hardly been touched upon.


RE: Video games are a new medium of art
By Griswold on 4/28/09, Rating: -1
By naes21 on 4/28/2009 8:41:23 AM , Rating: 2
Did someone lie to you and tell you that art and books were not made for money. We all recognize that this is about making money but that does not mean that we cannot enjoy the book, painting, song, or game. I think it would be interesting to see what kind of experience they could create in this game. I would never expect a recreation that emulated my experience but I would still enjoy to see what they could create.


RE: Video games are a new medium of art
By FITCamaro on 4/28/2009 10:49:45 AM , Rating: 4
I can understand some being upset but then just don't buy it. Black Hawk Down was made 8 years after the actual events. That movie was not only entertaining it also conveyed the sacrifice of the actual troops who were involved and lost their lives. I literally walked out of the theater with a tear in my eye. As you say, like movies, video games can be entertaining and still tell a great story.


By FITCamaro on 4/28/2009 10:53:07 AM , Rating: 3
And thank all of you veterans for your service.


By afkrotch on 4/28/2009 2:18:28 PM , Rating: 2
There was also the Delta Force: Black Hawk Down game. I enjoyed it very much. It wasn't exactly realistic though.


touchy subject
By RamarC on 4/27/2009 3:27:56 PM , Rating: 2
i'm sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong, but haven't other games depicted actual locations and actual battles in past wars?

seems to me that this "sacred cow" attitude is coming from the same group of people that never wants criticism of the war to be published.




RE: touchy subject
By stromgald30 on 4/27/2009 4:04:59 PM , Rating: 2
First of all, this isn't a 'past' war. There are still battles going on. It isn't Korea, Vietnam, or WW2. This is within the past decade and the military is still there (and will be for probably at least another decade).

I guess you didn't click on the links in the article? Dan Rosenthal's comments make it pretty clear that he doesn't think much of the war:
quote:
A 'realistic' war game is not going to be fun — who wants to play a game where you sit around doing nothing, punctuated by raiding the wrong house and tearing apart the home of an irate Iraqi family, or sitting around on a convoy until your vehicle gets hit by an IED and your character dies, with no clear enemy in sight? Who wants to play that?

Yet he opposes the release of the game. Mostly because it's too soon and the details about Fallujah isn't completely cleared up yet. An accurate portrayal is impossible at this time, and inaccuracies will offend people closely connected to the event.

Your idea that there's a significant group of people that wants to shut up criticism about the war is just extremist propaganda. Most people would agree that criticizing the war is within free speech. The problem comes when people blame the military for the problems that happen in/near the battlefield.


RE: touchy subject
By RamarC on 4/27/2009 5:35:25 PM , Rating: 5
you seem to have you forgotten that until early november of last year, criticism of the war was often met with very vocal disdain from certain citizen groups, media outlets, and many government officials. so i stand by my opinionated comment that the same people who are/were against criticism of the war would also be likely against the release of this game.

and no video game is going to accurately depict any war or conflict. that's why they're called "games" and not "documentaries." suggesting that it would be best to wait until all the historic details of the conflict are sorted out makes no sense to me. is 'delta force - black hawk down' an "acceptable" game because it waited 10 years?

lastly, would the opponents of the game be placated if the name and location were changed to some non-specific area (ala "saints row")? it would not change the fact that the game depicts the heinous acts which are part of a war. if you're going to be against the release of the game, be against it because of that.


RE: touchy subject
By stromgald30 on 4/27/2009 6:39:08 PM , Rating: 2
Vocal disdain isn't the same as trying to shut up the protesters. The protesters of the war are basically voicing their disdain as well, just of the war, not the protests. I think you're blurring the line between supporting the war and stifling the criticism of the war. Fox News and other groups can talk about how the protesters are misguided, but that's not the same as censoring/shutting up the protesters.

You're right in that no video game is going to accurately depict a war, and I'm not saying to wait until every detail is sorted out. I'm saying that by putting the name of the place in the title, it's inferring that the game mimics what happened in Fullijah. I'm not convinced that the game manufacturer has enough information to make that statement, despite their claim of getting the diaries/journals of many soldiers. The facts aren't all out there because the conflict is still going on, and the US military won't give details. After a conflict/war, investigators can dig deeper into military records and get a more accurate account.

Opposing a game for gratuitous violence is fine, but I think this one crossed a line because of what its title implied and the fact that events are still on going in Iraq. Black Hawk Down IS acceptable because they waited. 10 years may be too much, but they could at least wait until the conflict is over to get the facts.

If they had named it something like 'Urban Warfare' this probably wouldn't have been a problem, even if they put on the back that they got input from soldiers that went to Iraq. However, considering the publicity this has already gotten, rebadging wouldn't fix things.


RE: touchy subject
By crleap on 4/27/2009 7:31:29 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
until the conflict is over

...

quote:
to get the facts

Really think we ever will?


RE: touchy subject
By HinderedHindsight on 4/27/2009 8:35:53 PM , Rating: 1
quote:
Fox News and other groups can talk about how the protesters are misguided, but that's not the same as censoring/shutting up the protesters.


While it is true, that these supporters of the war didn't do anything to directly censor protesters, they (and in particular Fox News) worked to stifle and censor any meaningful dialogue that could be had about the war through misrepresenting protesters points of view, minimizing the size of the protest, and basically making the argument (through implication and other means) that you are un-American if you oppose the war (or any measures the President took to fight terrorism).

So you are correct, no direct censorship took place, but this type of representation has a very similar affect on the overall dialogue that direct censorship has. Though peoples rights in America were not trampled (in terms of protesting the war), the effect that a meaningful dialogue might have had on the war was definitely stifled.

But I do agree about your assertions that this game probably would not have been an accurate depiction. The whole reason why this game should wait on production is manyfold. Emotions about the war are still hot, here in the U.S. and around the world; this makes accuracy and impartiality suspect, if not impossible to acheive. But worse than that, a game like this makes America look callous to war, as if we don't care about the consequences of our behavior in regards to monetizing a topic like this. Would anyone produce a similar game about the Holocaust (the Holocaust itself, not WWII)? Even though I am not a supporter of the war, I don't like the idea of what the sale of this game at this time would say about the American attitude toward war.


RE: touchy subject
By kyp275 on 4/27/2009 9:28:18 PM , Rating: 3
quote:
misrepresenting protesters points of view, minimizing the size of the protest, and basically making the argument (through implication and other means) that you are un-American if you...


So basically doing what every right and left wing media outlet's been doing since the beginning of time?


RE: touchy subject
By Master Kenobi (blog) on 4/28/2009 7:56:03 AM , Rating: 3
Pretty much. Unfortunately revisionist history is already making itself well known for the second Clinton term and first Bush term. The 9/11 incident is now being directly blamed on both presidents for their inaction when people forget the world we lived in at the time. Hindsight is always 20/20.


RE: touchy subject
By ThePooBurner on 4/29/2009 1:43:34 PM , Rating: 2
Actual hindsight takes longer than 2 terms in office to become 20/20. It won't be 20/20 for at least another 15-20 years.


RE: touchy subject
By homebredcorgi on 4/27/2009 5:41:12 PM , Rating: 3
I understand the concern, but if not now, when? Apocalypse Now was filming just a few years after the Vietnam War ended and many thought it was "too soon." I thought "too soon" for the movie World Trade Center and so I have chosen not to see it.

It's not like the Army doesn't have a crappy video game they use as a recruiting tool or anything....


RE: touchy subject
By crleap on 4/27/2009 7:33:24 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
so I have chosen not to see it.


I wish the people crying censorship would realize that we have the right to choose to partake of goods and services just as much as the producers have the right to produce what they think might sell. Too many people are willing to give up freedoms like the right to direct the marketplace by choice. I think we've lost enough rights and freedoms already.


Or...
By eickst on 4/27/2009 3:34:20 PM , Rating: 2
They make the game and the people who want to buy it do, and those that don't want to buy it, well, don't. It's not that hard of a concept to understand.

It's their first amendment right to make a video game out of anything they damn well want to make a video game out of.

If I want to make a video game called "Virginia Tech Shoot-Em-Up" than I am well within my rights to do so. Is it distasteful? Maybe, to some. Will it sell? Who knows.

I guess Konami just decided that the negatives in this case outweighed the posistives.




RE: Or...
By joeindian1551 on 4/27/2009 4:34:11 PM , Rating: 2
Just like every other company now, Konami worries more about how they are perceived by the media than how they are perceived their customers.


RE: Or...
By MadMan007 on 4/27/2009 4:45:13 PM , Rating: 2
In a twist sometimes the media uproar over something controversial actually make sit more popular, and there's no such thing as bad press.


RE: Or...
By Mojo the Monkey on 4/27/2009 5:38:40 PM , Rating: 2
I agree. They should release it amid this outrage, REALLY stir the pot by letting it get all over the 24 hour news networks, and just watch the copies fly off the shelves.

In this case, I think the game selling profits would outweigh any perceived (if overinflated) "hit" on the company's image.


RE: Or...
By stromgald30 on 4/27/2009 6:50:05 PM , Rating: 2
I agree. They shouldn't be stopped from making the game, despite the fact that it's distasteful because it's too soon. However, saying that people shouldn't or can't complain about it being distasteful is just as bad.

The people have complained and they've pulled the product because of the negative publicity. Whether that's the right move for the company, nobody can tell right now. I'm sure if they did publish it now, it'll sell pretty well.


RE: Or...
By foolsgambit11 on 4/27/2009 8:20:42 PM , Rating: 1
"Virginia Tech Shoot-'Em-Up" would probably make a good Flash game


RE: Or...
By Crotius on 4/27/2009 11:50:01 PM , Rating: 2
There already was a Virginia Tech game that was made. It was on Newgrounds shortly after it happened. Made by a fellow with the handle Pigpen. He's also responsible for a video called "Niggas is wet" about the flooding of New Orleans.


Six Days in Fallujah
By 2bdetermine on 4/27/2009 4:03:18 PM , Rating: 3
Six Days in Fallujah --> Six Days in Hell or some fictitious location.

Problem solved!




RE: Six Days in Fallujah
By foolsgambit11 on 4/27/2009 8:23:25 PM , Rating: 5
I vote for "Six Days In Laffujah".


RE: Six Days in Fallujah
By Omega215D on 4/27/2009 8:29:26 PM , Rating: 2
Battlefield 2003 or beyond a la EA?


update
By yacoub on 4/28/2009 8:05:01 AM , Rating: 3
Word has it they are instead pursuing the Bitter Days in Baquba IP instead.




COD4
By Samus on 4/27/2009 3:49:58 PM , Rating: 2
So basically they're in hot water for taking COD4 and giving the battleground a real-world name? I see...




Not sell it
By afkrotch on 4/27/2009 3:59:32 PM , Rating: 2
Well, they stated they won't sell it. Instead, give it away for free.




More deserving targets
By Suomynona on 4/27/2009 4:40:25 PM , Rating: 2
Anyone find it odd that game is receiving criticism for not being objective enough or sensitive to Iraqi civilian casualties? Game directors have explicitly stated that objectivity in the game was a main design goal, to be backed up with firsthand accounts from BOTH sides. Kuma Games episodic FPS on the Saddam capture in Iraq ("The Crime of Dujayl: Saddam's Revenge," and "The Capture of Saddam: Operation Red Dawn") and America's Army are far more biased an have not received as much publicized criticism. If the developers truly intended to create a balanced representation of the conflict and those caught up in it then it is a shame that their publishers don't have the balls to defend the game against it's critics.




By BikeDude on 4/29/2009 4:59:54 AM , Rating: 2
quote:
"There's no way for them to avoid that they chose to place this game in a location where 20,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, reportedly over 6,000 civilians were killed, and over 150,000 displaced. Who is going to tell those stories?"


OK, so by not telling any stories at all, you somehow improve the likelyhood that the stories of those 150K displaced will be told?

I do not follow the logic here at all.

Those opposed to this game are free to make their own games, write books, make movies or weave a tapestry. Let this be an opportunity to spawn more attention, not less.




Its a game.
By HostileEffect on 4/27/2009 3:37:36 PM , Rating: 1
Title says it all, its a game, lost to political correctness.

Then again, I never heard of it until now.




I think Rockstar
By aebiv on 4/27/2009 3:35:12 PM , Rating: 1
I think Rockstar, or someone else who has the cajones to publish this should pick it up. I've read about the hard work that was put into it, and the service men that helped with the details and design of the game. What a slap in the face to not publish what they worked so hard to produce.

Shame on you Konami for thinking the "majority" didn't want the game produced.




RE: I think Rockstar
By FaaR on 4/27/09, Rating: -1
Ahhh the art of generalisation...
By MrJim on 4/27/09, Rating: 0
The truth hurts
By Shig on 4/27/09, Rating: -1
RE: The truth hurts
By SublimeSimplicity on 4/27/2009 3:33:27 PM , Rating: 5
I know that I had no idea that lines of Hare Krishna Monks got run over in Miami daily until the original Grand Theft Auto came out. It was a real eye opener.


RE: The truth hurts
By ipay on 4/27/2009 3:39:25 PM , Rating: 2
If I could give a +10 for that I would.


RE: The truth hurts
By yacoub on 4/28/2009 8:04:14 AM , Rating: 2
GARAUNGA!!!


Good Move
By tubalcain on 4/27/09, Rating: -1
RE: Good Move
By Suomynona on 4/28/2009 12:49:15 AM , Rating: 2
Reenactment of war crimes does not necessarily mean that you celebrate them. Like any other dramatic medium, games have a very cognizant ability to elicit pathos for the characters in them whether real or fictional. I have experienced many games and countless films that made me sick at the abhorrent senseless violence that other games gleefully celebrate. Done intelligently, a game of this nature could open the eyes of those blinded by the American military and political propaganda machine to the tragedies of the Iraq war.


RE: Good Move
By FITCamaro on 4/28/09, Rating: 0
RE: Good Move
By Lakku on 4/28/2009 6:11:42 PM , Rating: 1
War of aggression is not what you think it means within the context used in that quote. They are using it to mean a war that is waged to expand ones borders by violent means. As in, invading to actually take over the country with no provocation other than to expand ones own borders. The US didn't invade Iraq with the purpose of taking it over and making it a US territory, so therefore, that quote has no bearing here.


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