Four thousands American troops have died so far in Iraq, and yet most Americans wouldn't know we've reached an arbitrary threshold of THIS HAS GONE ON LONG ENOUGH.

How come? Blame the media, blame our attention span, blame Ashton Kutcher's new TV show and the premiere of The Hills.

While a Pew study concludes more than half of Americans followed Iraq developedments "very closely" in the months just before and after the war, that number has slid to just 30 percent since last fall.

WHY?! It's time to man-slashpundit-up to form some sort of understanding, whether true or false, because who really cares if there's an expert to quote and there's copy to fill?

Everyone's got a theory!

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