>>The idea is to make sure that their casualties are far greater than ours.

Well, not exactly. The Nazis accomplished this with their invasion of the USSR, but they still got their asses handed to them in the end. Some might argue that the Americans had the same result in Vietnam. If the enemy is prepared to lose 100 men for your one, and they win in the end, then they win - period.

You have to keep your target in sight, and I don't think Bush has.