Vietnam was way worse. It wasn't news to report dead soldiers, just normal.
Mainly massacre of either troops or villagers were reported. The rest was a non-event.
Similarity was that the US was again trying to dominate and change an autonomous population, this time because of the " communism " threath .
Iraq is a US mistake by a " saloon president" that has "darn good intelligence".
No way will the Iraqis accept to be dominated and/or americanized ( as somebody said in an other thread). The day the US will understand that being against something doesn't mean you are necessarely pro something else, well maybe then the light will shine.
you can see the yearly/monthly figures here:
http://members.aol.com/forcountry/kiamonth.htm
Scary!