It's official. Today's casualty numbers show that we've hit the 2000 mark for dead Americans in Iraq.
Please take a moment to grieve for the dead and for the families who have lost sons, daughters, mothers and fathers. It was all so unnecessary and so futile and so stupid and so useless.
There will be vigils everywhere in the country this week. Go to the Moveon.org event page and find one near you. If one is not listed near you, please consider starting one in your town.
And take a moment to view the Paul Fusco photo montage of 27 military funerals for our dead soldiers from Iraq. It is one of the most moving pieces of Internet multimedia that I have ever seen.
Two thousand is two thousand too many.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
2000 Dead Americans -- 2000 Too Many
Posted by Farnsworth68 at 3:08 PM
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Two odd facts here...
He died in a Texas hospital (kind of ironic) which according to your last post means he was not a war casualty because the poor sergeant was not getting combat pay. Technically the poor guy from Texas was not the 2000th combat casualty. Good thing the rest of us don't think like GI Bean counters!
See you at the protest!
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