re: For the record...
Our troops in Iraq are being killed by booby traps and snipers. They have never been defeated in any direct military contact.
Casualties from hostile action throughout the war have averaged less than two a day. Even in bad months like October, it was three a day.
These casualties are not something to be swept aside as unimportant, but compared to every other major war we have been in, they are very small.
2,293 French died in that single two-month campaign you are discussing. Not counting the hundreds who died after being taken prisoner.
Current casualty count from hostile acts in Iraq is 2,263, after over three and a half years of fighting.
Perspective.