I think there is a common misconception that most of the soldiers in Iraq are from bright red southern states – certainly that was a view that I held until looking at this amazing map.

Each time you click the “+” sign, you see a figure appear in the hometown of a soldier that lost his/her life in Iraq.  Notice that most of the soldiers are from the Northeast and West Coast

Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers…..I don’t know about you, but moderation and restraint is not what I felt when I watched the twin towers crumble to the ground, a side of the Pentagon destroyed, and almost 3,000 of our fellow citizens perish in flames and rubble.”
 –  Karl Rove