Some of those flags, Peters says, have gone to Iraq and back.

CNN: Veteran to soldiers: 'It's OK to be scared'

The new Obama talks about patriotism in a sea of American flags, praises General David Petraeus, the chief commander in Iraq, raises doubts about partial-birth abortion, agrees with the Supreme Court on gun rights, supports the death penalty for child-rapists and embraces faith-based social work.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

Worse, the demonstrations that followed quickly turned into pro-Saddam parades, accompanied by calls for Iraq to bomb Tel Aviv and by the ritual burnings of the Israeli, American and British flags.

ECONOMIST: Please, says Arafat, not that again