While it's no doubt fascinating to see the entire war in terms of how many soldiers died today, it's actually a bit more complex.

The enemy is doing its damnedest to disrupt any movement toward a successful government in Iraq, and is striking with car bombs and kidnappings, the latter a technique that has shown some success in intimidation.

This site is one of several that's useful for keeping up on events. There has been both a major kidnapping in Riyada, a contested city that is far more critical than Fallujah. Also what may be the worst car-bombing of Iraqi civilians.

Trying to imagine how WWII would have been perceived by Americans if the only news they had was the casualty count.