Tolls of Death

I've read that Obama wants to remove troops from Iraq, but put more on the ground in Afghanistan. Now, I'm more anti-war than Obama (in fact, he once quipped that he was not against wars, only against "dumb" wars). But facts on the ground, as they say, seem to support this move if one is militarily inclined. The US has already lost nearly as many troops in combat Afghanistan in the month of August (today is the 1st) as it did in combat in Iraq for the entire month of July.