IF DEMOCRAT HOPES THAT THIS IS ANOTHER VIETNAM ARE TO BE REALIZED...:

U.S. troop losses plunge in Iraq: Combat fatalities could be as low as 23 for October, a level not seen since 2006. Iraqi losses also fall. (Gordon Lubold, October 31, 2007, The Christian Science Monitor)

US troop losses in Iraq have plummeted in the past few months to levels not seen since early 2006 – an encouraging sign, say analysts and defense officials, that the US strategy is working, at least for now.

American defense officials cite recent weapons finds, disruption of bombmaking cells, and the 2007 "surge" of US forces as contributing to a dramatic improvement in security in many parts of Iraq, cutting casualties among both Iraqi civilians and US troops.

...it's going to take an awful long time.

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 30, 2007 8:17 PM