While Bush and Cheney extol the virtues of their war and the fact that they don't give a crap that 2/3 of Americans think it is a disasterous war, stone workers in Barre carry out a solemn duty as they cut and inscribe the grave markers used for fallen service men and women at the Arlington Natl Cemetery. The stones for Iraq commemorate the lives of men and women often cut short in their youth. US death toll = 3,996. |
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