It is here on the beach. And it is in Santa Monica, CA. Not it is neither a monument to a surfer nor the last set of Pamela Anderson movie. They call it Arlington West. The name wants to connect to Arlington, the military cimitery in Washington DC. In a way it is shocking to see all these crosses on the beach ...
... but, of course, what is really shocking is the read the death count of the war in Iraq. So get this. Up today from the begin of the war 655,000+ Iraqi died (and I can't even think how many were wounded), 3,444 military American personnel were killed (and 55,981 were wounded). To me it is a craziness. I can't think about it. And it is hard to look at the pictures of the people who died there or read their names ...
... but, of course, what is really shocking is the read the death count of the war in Iraq. So get this. Up today from the begin of the war 655,000+ Iraqi died (and I can't even think how many were wounded), 3,444 military American personnel were killed (and 55,981 were wounded). To me it is a craziness. I can't think about it. And it is hard to look at the pictures of the people who died there or read their names ...
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