[moderatewolverine]

Spot on sagmanagain, don’t forget the words “grim milestone!”

[sagmanagain]

You are absolutely right. You cannot satirize this stuff without using “grim milestone.”

[sagmanagain]

AP Story this morning on hitting the 4,000 mark in Iraq: "BAGHDAD - The overall U.S. death toll in Iraq rose to 4,000 after four soldiers were killed in a roadside bombing in Baghdad, a grim milestone that is likely to fuel calls for the withdrawal of American forces as the war enters its sixth year.

Thar she is--"grim milestone." You nailed it.