A coalition of say... oh, I dunno, 'bout 45.
I'm not saying there should never be collateral damage and it's expected in war just as it should be expected that we are going to lose soldiers. War is hell. But a lot of armchair conducting of this war isn't going to help the soldiers on the field and second-guessing their superiors isn't helping anyone. I'm listening to the Pentagon now. I happen to believe them when they say things are going remarkably fast. I saw a journalist traveling with the troups ask a commander on-field about progress being held up. The commander gave him a puzzled look and smiled and said "I'm 24 hours ahead of schedule."
I grew up with the Vietnam war and all the newsfeed showing so many dead soldiers coming home. What's going on in Iraq now simply amazes me. We have the best trained soldiers and commanders in the world who are the best equipped. We have a major advantage over anything those people can throw at us and it's why our commander-in-chief says "we WILL win!" And it is why there exists this argument going on in this thread that there are dozens killed and not tens of thousands. I trust our military and their commanders and I trust Bush. I am not so sure that the journalists and folks not on the field have the knowledge to conduct this war better.