The death toll of American soldiers in Iraq is about hit 2,000, if it hasn't already by the time this post is published. Now, it's just a number, not too terribly different from 1,996, but we tend to treat round numbers as if they're special. The Bush administration knows this, and they know that the announcement that the death toll has now surpassed 2,000 will be a big deal, will be all over the news, and will deal yet another blow to their Grand Adventure in Iraq. How will they ever deal with this?
Easy! Look for the administration to start bandying the combined figure -- the number of American troops killed in both Afghanistan and Iraq -- about. It's more than 2,000. (According to Scott McClellan, it's over 2,200.)
2,000 Americans killed? Hell, it's 2,200! And y'all missed it!
Is that a great strategy or what?
(No, no... compared to all their other strategies, I mean. Really! Think about it! No, seriously... We're grading on a curve here...)
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