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Yesterday was benchmark day. The G.I. death toll in Iraq reached the 2000 mark. That seems to be an important milestone. Reporters, cartoonists, and politicians have been focused on it for some time and the jihadis were happy to oblige them. I never understood why the two thousandth death was more important than the last one or the next one. Michelle Malkin wonders the same thing in her column.
Actually, I think I do understand. Two thousand is a big number if you want to say they all died for nothing. Another benchmark got less attention yesterday. The Iraqi constitution passed. 63% of all Iraqis turned out to vote on it. That's a million more purple fingers than voted in last January's election. This time Sunnis voted too. It could not have happened without the 2000 who gave their lives. It's not a perfect constitution but it's not nothing.