4,000 & counting...

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This is a mosaic of 4,000 dead Americans representing the wars two biggest cheerleaders.

I can't put it any better than Nico Pitney over at HuffPo, so I won't even try:

In remembrance of the 4,000 brave men and women who sacrificed everything for us -- and the two men who would continue this great tragedy, despite the cost to our soldiers, our military, and our nation.

That's about as poignant as anything you'll read about this bloody, tragic number. What's even more tragic is that in a week or so, it will fade from the front pages once again. It's been written hundreds of thousands of times since this war began, but that doesn't make it any less succinct - this war (and the anti-war movement) isn't getting anywhere near the opposition it should by the American public because most of the public isn't fighting this war, since there's no draft.

Speaking of draft, Bush (and McSame, if he gets elected) is getting away with fighting this war without a draft by having a massive private army in Iraq by companies that are getting rich off of such a policy. (Blackwater, anyone?) More on that in the coming days and weeks. ...

(Note: Since some photos of fallen U.S. soldiers are unavailable, there are duplicates.)

Picture by Nico Pitney/Huffington Post