I wholely agree.  Not listing Afghanistan and Iraq is highly POV.  :Note  The USA passed the 2,000 KIA milestone after about 30 months in Iraq.  The USA didn't pass the 2,000 KIA milestone in Vietnam during its first four years of boots on the ground.    :Note  even with heavily escorts civilian truck convoys still face heavy risks.    :The USA remains at war in Iraq.  And so long as the Iraqi military, such as it is, answers to US Generals at a US HQ, circumventing much or all of the civilian oversight of the Iraqi Minister of Defense and the the Iraqi Cabinet, then Iraq remains under foreign occupation.       