US isn't losing in Iraq, honest! No, really!

According to the BBC (Rumsfeld: US not losing Iraq war):

"Donald Rumsfeld has said the US is not losing the Iraq war and it would be a mistake to set a timetable for American troops to leave the country."

Thus, today, Rumsfeld confirmed what we all know: the US has lost the war in Iraq. That's another lost war. Oh dear.
To be serious, however, I'll be glad to get back to Japan to get away from the bombing. Japanese TV doesn't report bombings in Iraq, unless of course a Japanese national is involved, so it is easy to hide one's head in the sand there. Here, on the other hand, not only do we get the TV pictures on the BBC, but we also get the statistics. Never a day goes by without another couple of dozen killings. I just do not understand how such mayhem can be said to be 'better than under the last regime'. This one is worse! Yesterday, a BBC correspondent, who must be less biased than a US politician or a military spokesman, told how, although $500 billion (or so) has been spent on Iraq, there is no constant water supply and very little electricity in Baghdad -- which means no air conditioning in 50 degree heat. Wonderful! Of course, the reason is the constant guerilla attacks by the Iraq resistence forces (i.e. terrorists), but that can be little comfort to the people who have to put up with it. On the same day, the CIA, a now wholly Bush regime controlled institution from what we can understand, has come out to say that the situation is actually breeding terrorists. Well, guys, surprise, sur-bloody-prise!
OK, so maybe the so-called war (it was actually a bit too one sided to be a war, right?) may not have been 'lost', but one thing's for sure: nothing has been won. I terrible, sad situation.