re: The point of your post (and its flameyness) are not clear to me.
I often put posts here that I think will raise a lot of hackles. Doesn't have to be a personal shot at someone.
That the point is not easily seen by you is interesting. There were times in this country when 15,000 of the enemy taken out of action might have been considered a good thing. But no. The only meaning the media can assign to this is "well, guess there were more than we thought there were."
There will be no victory permitted in this war in some circles, no matter how it actually turns out.