Filled to Capacity

Yesterday, we passed a milestone.

3500 US troops killed in Iraq. To grasp the number of troops killed, I imagine that number of soldiers in a single room. For example, when thirty soldiers had been killed, I imagined them all sitting in a classroom in their uniforms. When fifty had been killed, I imagined a bus full of soldiers. Now, 3500 have been killed.

Picture them filling the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, pictured at the left. Seating capacity, 3500.