Numbering the Dead
Mark Harris has a very thoughtful post commenting on the fact that the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq has today reached 2,804 which is more than the 2,801 people killed in the towers on September 11, 2001. He says:
These numbers mean nothing by themselves. The numbing and stunning death of so many on that one day, and the death of the firefighters who tried to save them, stands as a single terrible event. The slow agonizing trickle of news of deaths in Iraq has taken years. Yet for everyone who knew of someone who died in New York that day, there are equally people who know of someone who has died in Iraq. The news is devastating either way.
I encourage you to read his full reflection at Preludium.
