re: Fighting and dying
We would all love to be able to say a magic word and have all the bad guys change into frogs. As it is, the only way to fight militant tyranny is through military force.
It is fortunate that our methods are advanced enough to cause as little collateral damage as we do. Not that many years ago, it would have been B-52s miles in the air, dropping tens of thousands of bombs in carpets.
The Iraqi casualty numbers you are being fed are bullshit. Look at them.