Irrelevant to the larger issues
Not sure why I bother to reply to these anti-Bush propaganda cascades. With the entire mainstream media to draw on, your job is a lot easier than mine.
You realize, of course, that the fact that soldiers are dying is not the prime indicator of success or failure in a military campaign. By your standards, most military victories in history would be considered disasters. D-Day, for example.
The question is if the objective is being gained, and in Iraq, it currently is. The fact that a few soldiers are dying in the process is regrettable, especially for those personally involved, but insofar as looking at it from a purely military standard, it doesn't affect the outcome.