update Iraq

and the beat goes on and on:
U.S. price tag of $320 billion of our money and "at least 2,631 " members of the U.S. military have died, not counting (1)"contractors" (2) Iraqi civilian women and children (3) the tens of thousands that have been wounded, and (4) the one in five surviving soldiers that have lingering mental problems

A miserable milestone was passed the other day. America's (andBritain's) disastrous war in Iraq has now lasted longer than the US involvement in the Second World War.