[Danae]

Viewed on the wide table of history, the War in Iraq and in Afghanistan are BY FAR the least bloody and most utterly overwhelming military campaigns in the history of history.

[cccp_hater]

The Japanese and Nazi military's dwarfed anything Iraq had in place post Gulf War. Comparing asymetrical warfare with symetrical warfare can be a bit misleading. Defeating the Japanese empire militarily is quite different than fighting an enemy with no clear command structure. In fact, even determining who the enemy is can be a difficult proposition when sectarian violence accounts for a large percentage of the fighting and no one wears uniforms to identify who they are fighting for.