you started with the smiley so dont turn it around on me and its pretty obvious you have been of victim of the biased media again, the death toll is so high because simply we are at WAR, war brings deaths...this is not a new concept, so why are you portraying it as one? and it is yet to be seen if the people will support a US backed govt, regardless if it is trusted it or not, they would rather a US backed govt then Saddam's regime...this I can guarantee you. and at the same time, id love for you to present your argument to the liberated Kurds in the North, or to the families of the victims of the next 9/11 or any past thwarted 9/11 attempts Who are you to judge if these soldiers died in naught? Honestly, who the fuck are you? You are nobody to judge these soldiers deaths especially when many of the dead soldiers' families still support the cause.