I'm not clear on why you believe this. The overall number of American and Iraqi casualties is lower - significantly lower - than most people would have anticipated before the war (myself included).
I'm not sure that's true. We were basically promised that the Iraqis as a whole would welcome us as liberators. Bush went to that aircraft carrier to proclaim the end of major combat operations. I don't think we were prepared for a high number of American casualties at all.
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