text: in terms of american lives the iraqi war is a bargain when compared to other wars. why are losses so low?   i don't know if i would call it a bargain, but the casualties are really lowed relative to the time that we have been in iraq and to all the other wars the us has fought  people keep referring to iraq as another vietnam. people don't understand that we are not fighting an organized army. we don't have 1000 gooks trying to infiltrate the wire.(i know cuz i am here) they shoot 1 mortar round and run away. they detonate ied's from 100's of yards away.