Tactically we are winning, Strategically, we are winning, Politically, we are DOA, because Bush and his guys cant put together a clear explanation that cant be spun be leftists, and Bush bashers. (Hey Commander In Chief, remember Public Speaking 101?). And not going there in the first place, so we should have left Saddam inpower till he did actually do something horrible? Kept spending billions enforcing the No Fly Zone? Wait for the UN to pass yet ANOTHER resolution asking Saddam to comlply? You know when i was over there last year, I asked one of our translators what he was going to do when we left and he said "Why would you leave?" They really depend on us for stability and order right now. They are on a whole great people who just want to live thier lives just like us. I think they only place we are losing is the same way we lost Vietnam, in the media and idealogues who are still hot about the elections. And while 2 of the 2000 dead are my buddies, those 2000 are way less than other wars and most of those deaths are not combat related, unless u count IEDs. Im really frightened of what will happen to the military and the country if people are too scared to see a military campaign thru to victory, I'm not afraid to die in theatre, I knew the risks inherit in a military career, and so does my wife, who will be taken care of if something happens to me.