Congrats to Thinkprogress!
This past week, on the evening of March 23rd, this nation marked a sad milestone: the 4,000th U.S. soldier who died in Iraq.
ThinkProgress posted an entry about this event that elicited nearly 200 comments. The next day, Washington D.C.’s local NBC affiliate — NBC4 — reported on some of the reactions from our comments thread. Here are the comments that NBC cited:
blue state bob wrote:
A sad, horrific mark, but no sadder or more horrific than the poor soldier who will be 4,001, 4,002, 4,003, 4,004……..5,000, etc.
spencers mom wrote:
This news breaks my heart. Each of these 4,000 people died trying to do his/her job, but each and everyone of them gave their lives for a cause that never should have been pursued.
Krazny wrote:
This goes far beyond 4,000 damaged families. In the US alone there are another 30,000 or so damaged families of war wounded, plus an unknown number of PTSD cases. Factor in all the missing time from home, and it starts really adding up.
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