I have a few moments to reflect and so I go to a web site maintained by CNN that has the pictures and ages of all the soldiers killed in the Iraqi fighting. It also has a brief description of how each died.
The number now tops 1,000, including at this writing more than 900 Americans. I pray to God that from this writing to the time you read this that the number will not go up, but wishing doesn't make it true, especially in the land of killing.
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