Happy 4,000 KIA in Iraq Day!

4,000

The phenomenal success in Iraq has caused only 4,000 U.S. KIA...

Congratulations to everyone involved! Here is to a thousand more, before we end this stupid fucking war, that we are fighting so we can fight them over there instead of over here, because Saddam was a bad guy, and so the Iraqi's can stand up while we stand down, while we are bringing peace to the middle east, fighting the islam-o-nazi's and Al Qaeda and the dirty Iranian sneaks. I only hope we can finally put to rest the fantasy that nation building doesn't work, I mean, it's truly phenomenal! Sure there was a mass of bombings yesterday, but consider them celebratory explosions of joy!

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Mercenary KIA

1,001

Military officials estimate that 125,000 contractors are working in the country, nearly the number of American troops. The figures on those who carry guns vary widely, depending on the source, but seem to settle on about 20,000. As of June 30, government figures show, 1,001 contractors had died in Iraq since the start of the war.

From "For an Iraq Contractor, Duty, and Then Death" at NYTimes.com (reg required)

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