City of Irvine in California has decided to make a memorial to the ongoing perpetual wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen. The memorial, costing the city $100K, will have space for 8,000 dead.
No one will say they came up with the number 8000.
The memorial website, created by local chickenhawks Milgrom and Zelinko:
http://www.northwoodmemorial.com/ A letter from the Irvine city council choosing the number 8000 is included.