A few weeks ago, I subscribed to the RSS feed for cryptome.org. The site is best known for publishing documents that the government doesn’t want you to see. Here’s a partial list of RSS entries for the past 72 hours:

  • Calendar of 1060 US Military Dead in Iraqi War
  • Calendar of 1059 US Military Dead in Iraqi War
  • Calendar of 1058 US Military Dead in Iraqi War
  • Calendar of 1057 US Military Dead in Iraqi War
  • Calendar of 1053 US Military Dead in Iraqi War
  • Calendar of 1051 US Military Dead in Iraqi War
  • Calendar of 1048 US Military Dead in Iraqi War
  • Calendar of 1045 US Military Dead in Iraqi War
  • Calendar of 1043 US Military Dead in Iraqi War
  • Calendar of 1042 US Military Dead in Iraqi War

The grim realities of war really sink in when your RSS reader lets you know that a few more Americans have lost their lives several times a day. I don’t even want to think about what a similar list would look like for Iraqi dead.