Why 2K?

CNN is reporting that the 2000th American 'casualty' has died in Iraq.

Frankly, CNN(Certainly Not News) is by no means the definitive source on this matter, but the website Iraq Coalition Casualty Count is reporting 1999 confirmed as of 23 Oct. 2005, so it looks like CNN is most likely correct.

The post title wasn't meant to be snarky. I really do want to know why. Any readers here will more than likely have their own opinions - and they may all play a part, but in the final analysis it was all enabled by packs of lies and redirections.

Additional: 2000 American dead is more than we had in the first four years of Vietnam.

On Edit: Confirmed.