'bring 'em on..."

since the "end" of the Iraq war, the US military has lost more soldiers than died in the "war"...

sadly, I am not surprised.

every day since the "end" of the war, I have woken up to NPR stating, "another US soldier was killed in Iraq."
EVERY SINGLE DAY.

W -- its not over until its over. why are we so eager to declare victory? my criticism goes back to gulf war 1, which in my opinion, was never actually won. I didn't think there was ever a clear victor because...well, for one, Saddam remained in power? secondly, there was never any real combat engaged in by the Iraqi's (okay, a few scuds with some chemical tips were lobbed in the general direction of us troops). we just kicked him out of Kuwait, and that was it, "we won".

maybe that is one reason why we had to go back???

anyway, we haven't won anything until things are quiet. we clearly do not have enough people on the ground to secure the state and begin the 'nation rebuilding'...something that takes a heck of a lot more people than rummy&c. are willing to commit.

Rummy -- war can't be fought on the cheap. you've made a commitment to the use of force, don't waste our money by not doing the job right. if we need more troops -- send them! we are already neck deep in the quicksand, either get flat and start crawling or you are going to sink.