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To: Bilow who wrote (153099)	12/1/2004 11:32:45 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I would say that the fact we sustained about the same number of fatalities in April, when we disengaged, as in November, when we finally went to the mat, indicates that the forces arrayed against us are pretty small.

To: Bilow who wrote (153099)	12/1/2004 3:10:27 PM
From: neolib	Respond to of 281500

As you can see from the above, we are only 137 deaths away from setting a new 6 month record, and we still have 3 months to go in the 6 month period. In other words, the war not only continues unabated, its intensity, as measured by US casualties, continues to mount. Not only that, but since we are recruiting Iraqis to fight on our side, the total casualties inflicted on us and our allies, if one counts the Iraqis, has been skyrocketing. This is not a war that we are winning. If you factor in that our tactics have surely improved, cutting down casualties/engagement, this would argue that things are even worse. I'd like to see the statistics (mean and variance) of casualties per engagement. Earlier on, there where some larger numbers (helo shoot downs) that spiked some of the earlier months. We have not suffered those large single events recently.