Have you forgotten so soon? When Afghanistan turned out to be a walk in the park, they began circulating lies about "5,000 civilians killed," etc.
There was no such number, no way such a number could be PROVED, but the lie persisted. It even turned out that it was based on estimates from numbers given by the Taliban propaganda, but that didn't matter; the press reported it as a legitimate number.
They will claim tens of thousands of Iraqis killed, little children ripped apart by bombs, etc.
It won't matter what the facts are. The agenda is all.