Just running some quick numbers for comment:
The Guardian
Between Jan. 1 and June 30, 1,594 civilians were killed, according to the Ministry of Health. Civilians often bear the brunt of car-bombings and suicide attacks.
By contrast, a total of 895 security forces - 275 Iraqi soldiers and 620 police - were killed in bombings, assassinations or armed clashes with insurgents, according to figures from the interior and defense ministries.
The number of insurgents killed during that six-month period was 781, the government said.
US coalition casualties in the same* time frame on the flip...
*OK... So the time frame is off by a few days...
But here is the US coalition casualties for the a "similar" time frame.
Jan-05 107
Feb-05 58
Mar-05 36
Apr-05 52
May-05 80
Jun-05 78
Jul-05 16
Total US coalition casualties for 6 months
427
taken from icasualties.org
Does anyone else see a real problem with this?
427 US coalition members dead (not including Iraqi casualties) and only 781 insurgents dead.
Add in the 895 Iraqi security forces to the 427 US coalition soldiers (Total of 1322) and the losses become mindboggling in comparison the 781 insurgents that have been killed.
These are NOT GOOD NUMBERS!
The real tragedy is the 1594 civilians that have been caught in the middle, much like the Kurds got stuck in the middle of some battles between Iraq and Iran and ended up in mass graves.
If this is winning I would hate to see what losing is like?