Word: grimness
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...began in March, 2003, has now reached 2,987. That tally, however, doesn't account for the 13 Americans fighters whose deaths have yet to be officially confirmed by the Department of Defense, which most news organizations factor in to their count, bringing the number to a grim 3,000. December has been a particularly cruel month: at least 107 troops have died in Iraq over the past four week - the third largest monthly U.S. death toll since the invasion of Iraq. Here's a quick look behind the numbers...
...provide similar meaning to a number? What can now be derived from reaching the grim milestone of 3,000 American dead in Iraq? The public's contemplation of the number should have little to do with the right or the wrong of American occupation, nor with the viability of that seed of peace America is meant to be sowing there. Wars are always paid in blood and numbered in lives lost, the value of that sacrifice doesn't rise or fall like penny stock depending on the popularity of a mission. The 3,000th death is as the first - dying...
...Verdict Closes a Grim Trial Full of Theatrics
...Verdict Closes a Grim Trial Full of Theatrics
...Verdict Closes a Grim Trial Full of Theatrics