More Than Just a Number

I've noticed a lot of derisive drivel at the various bullshit bush lover sites and wingnut blogs about the 2000 dead soldier milestone. For one thing, for dead-from-the-neck-up lowlifes to suggest that anti war people would celebrate that number in any way to further their cause or play a game of gotcha is despicably vile. That shit is all over the net and I refuse to link to examples. They should be ashamed of themselves but they have no shame.


We must understand that the official number of 2000 is a lie. There are far more dead American soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan than we are told about. The DoD has numerous ways to hide the real numbers - counting only the people who die in the field and not later is one of them. Sneaking the remains home under cover of darkness with no cameras is another. The lying fucks know that the real count of dead and wounded would be a PR disaster so it's they who are playing games with the numbers.

The real significance of the rising death toll is how it blows to smithereens all the numerous bogus positive spin milestones. "We took Baghdad, we won!" "Mission Accomplished!" "How bout them elections!" We captured Saddam, they'll quit now!" "Purple fingers, Wow!"
Fucking garbage, all of it.

The truth is that we invaded and occupied a country that was no threat to us, killing innocent people by the thousands and (some of us) persist in calling any resistance to that "terrorism".
The Iraqis will not stop fighting the occupiers.
More than 2000 is only the start.
How many more?