I can't think of any ground war in history that was so easy after a week on one side. Germany v. Poland in WW II was considered am incredibly lopsided victory and 10,000 Germans died to win in a war that took about a month. As far as the coalition side, this is historic. And Jesus, when did an "invading" army ever bring humanitarian supplies with them? Pretty crazy. Should/could get worse. We'll see.
Much different on the other side though. I bet the death totals for Iraq soldiers are near what Americans lost in the entire Vietnam War (guess?). In Gulf War I, Republican Guards and regular armies were bombed until about 1/2 equipment intact.
Civilian casualties mind-numbingly low so far.
As far as Viet Nam, I think 50,000 US soldiers died out of 8 million deployed. From memory. Could be off a little. I don't know any of the other numbers.
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