Claims of Success, although body count keeps multiplying

According to the Washington Post, even though the US has lost and inflicted so many deaths, the Iraq war can still be considered a success on the basis that Victory is too broadly defined. In Specific terms, the military says victory in Iraq would be setting up a competent representative government in a country that does not violate human rights and is at peace with it's neighbors. Which means the US is aiming to create an ideal country which doesn't dispute with other countries,(the irony that a country with a pretty F-ed up human rights past, and isn't at peace with most of the world). A supporter of the Iraq war, and also a government official by the name of Cordesman goes as far as to claim that the only way to win the Iraq war is Politically.

In my opinion, this war is already as good as lost, and i compare Iraq to Vietnam, it has many similarities. First off, in both wars, the president went to war without the people's support. In both wars, the media and much of the civilian population agreed that there isn't a possibility of victory. Another similarity is the increase in troops, the president keeps increasing the number of troops in Iraq, but to what effect?