Bob Herbert points out...

...a particularly disturbing statistic today:

As if there is not enough that has gone tragically wrong in this era of endless warfare, the military is facing an epidemic of suicides. In the year that ended Sept. 30, 2009, 160 active duty soldiers took their own lives — a record for the Army. The Marines set their own tragic record in 2009 with 52 suicides. And this past June, another record was set — 32 military suicides in just one month.

And offers up what might very well be the quote for the day:

But after nearly a decade, neither war has been won and there is no prospect of winning.