Since Tony Snow thinks 2500 is "just a number" I got a few more for him:
2986
2511
310
80
2986 is the number of people killed on September 11th (according to Wikipedia - I understand and agree that some who have died since from exposure to toxins on that day should increase that number)
2511 - Number killed in Iraq as of 22 June
310 - Number killed in Afghanistan as of 22 June
80 - Approximate number of days until those two totaled will exceed the first number.
In a twist of irony that verges on destiny, it is both possible and likely that the numbers will converge on September 11th, 2006. So then what? When the cost is more than one life for another, one family to comfort another, then what?
What I a big enough number? When do we, as a nation, say that we have extracted enough pounds of flesh from friend and foe?
I encourage all to contact your local media about the impending convergence.