A lot of this is choice of words. "Pitched battle". "Intense fighting not before seen." Casualty count? A handful. Think about this. Think of it from WW II perspectives. These would have been called minor skirmishes and the casualties called mercifully low.
Words don't change numbers. These casualty counts are not high. This victory is not being achieved at a "huge" cost. This is rather good prosecution of a way -- though I do remain puzzled by the lack of airpower use.
A lot of this is choice of words. "Pitched battle". "Intense fighting not before seen." Casualty count? A handful. Think about this. Think of it from WW II perspectives. These would have been called minor skirmishes and the casualties called mercifully low. Words don't change numbers. These casualty counts are not high. This victory is not being achieved at a "huge" cost. On July 1, 1916, on the first day of the Battle of Somme, British casualties totalled 57,470, of which 19,240 were fatal.
That was 19,240 dead in one day.
America may have the mightest war machine ever created on Earth but the resolve of the American Home Front in the 21st Century is pathetic with the American liberal media and Democrat politicians actively undermining public morale for their own political benefit and to the benefit of our enemy and with close to 50% of the American civilian population ready to panic over casualties that that would have been the average of two minutes of the first day of the Battle of the Somme.