for the past few months the new york times has printed a little box with the names and home towns of americans who have died in iraq. at the top of the box they have also given a running tally of the number of people who have been killed so far. until recently, at least, the tally has given the number killed since bush declared the end of "major combat operations" last may. today, however, i noticed that they just gave the number killed in iraq, without any mention of the may proclamation, saying 388 american service members "have died since the start of the Iraq war." i have no idea how long ago they started doing it this way.
i guess there is no way to continue to pretend that the war is over now that the u.s. military has resumed bombing in iraq.
