What's costing more lives is the 'tieing of hands' that is preventing troops from doing their jobs. They are being held back and forced to be more of a police force without the right to fire unless fired upon, instead of a true 'military machine' that is needed at a time of war. Let these men finish the job and come home! Instead, every step is challenged and politicized. GW is at fault for letting politics come in and paralyze his convictions.