No, its not exactly the same...you're right. We've not lost over 400 American soldiers in Israel and neither have we killed thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians in Gaza and the West Bank.

Actually, my sarcasm here is to illustrate how many hairs you are splitting. The simple fact is that there are literally thousands of zealots in Iraq intent upon wreaking havoc no matter what happens to Saddam. The Bush administration miscalculated the tenacity of these nutbags in making the case for war and misled the American people about the risks and the costs. As a result, hundreds of American soldiers have died needlessly. Hundreds more will continue to die as the result of continued terrorist attacks.