That, in this day and age is becoming a moot point. How to compare 1,000 American combat soldiers and what they bring to the battlefield and 1,000 Iraqi combat troops? The support element is a major factor in what makes the American soldier more effective than 10 of his enemy. A Division is a Division. It has more suport troops than combat but its effectiveness, measured by devestation on the battlefield is not even in the same league as a Division of the enemy. A handful of SpecOps men with satellite uplinks can reek more havoc than an enemy Division. The biggest obstacle in war is always logistics. Even if these numbers are only referring to support/logistics troops, it would indicate that we have already won most of the war. Once all the stategic infrastructure is in place, the combat troops would be able to quickly move in and take their place on the tactical battlefield.
The media has missed the boat on this one. These reports we get weekly of "Coalition Planes" destroying targets in Iraq, this is war. It is low key and who is to say whether or not SpecOps were on the ground pointing a laser targeting device at the target or not? It has already begun, of this there is no doubt. The only question is, how many troops are there and what exactly are our plans?