In Harm's Way
American casualties are high, although not necessarily in a per capita accounting of troops on the ground vs. deaths. And so far, deaths among non-American coalition forces have been limited, which shouldn't in any way be taken to disparage their contribution to Bush's undertaking in Iraq. But 400 tons of ordinance in the hands of insurgents puts everyone at greater risk than can be legitimately accounted for, and if the stuff hasn't been in play before, it surely is now. Add in wounded, another 8000+, and the figures become more dismaying. The conduct of the war has been abyssmal. Too much focus on non-existent weapons and not enough on the stuff that was there. Bush and Rumsfeld don't deserve their jobs.