Buck,
I think its still much too early to be making such judgements. To be certain, the war commenced with a rolling start without having all of our forces in place. But its not likely that this contributed to the number of U.S. and U.K casualties.
In most wars, one in fifteen soldiers die. Gulf War #1 was unique - an anomaly. Gulf War #2 is more like a conventional war. While I doubt that there will similar casualty statistics as the Vietnam War, the incidents of casualties will be much higher now than the first time we engaged Iraq.
Part of the problem is that the media made going to war sound much simpler for us that it truly is. They downplayed the true risks. Reality is now hitting home. Unfortunately, I suspect the same can be said for civilian casualties as well.
Donald
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