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Matt:

Still, the approach of a round number is a striking reminder that the costs of invading Iraq have been far higher than the costs of 9/11. Phrased provocatively, George W. Bush has gotten many more Americans killed in the last seven years than has Osama bin Laden. Or perhaps more aptly, bin Laden did his worst damage indirectly, by pushing the country into a panicky mood in which it was prepared to make major errors. It's a mistake one hopes the country won't make again, through as of yet there's been precious little accountability for those in the political system or the media who helped send 4,000 young Americans and counting to their deaths in Iraq.

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