Like Dick Marcinko says, the intensity of combat is directly related to the piece of dirt you're standing on. There are guys in Afghanistan that have endured more combat in a single month than guys in Iraq have endured during an entire tour. It all depends on where one is and what one is supposed to be doing. On a grand scale the overall amount of combat in each country may be vastly different but that doesn't mean that everyone in Iraq is dealing with more crap than everyone in Afghanistan.
I hear ya on that one BUT the war in Iraq on a grand general scale is much larger with more casualty's. I am not down playing either one so dont think that but if I was drafted and had a choice I would go to Afghan.