[familyop]

"...but Hagel's from Nebraska. Is Nebraska some seething hotbed of liberal sentiment, a Wisconsin without the cheese, or is Hagel just being Hagel? I simply don't know enough about Nebraskan politics to figure it out."

I don't know, either. But when I was younger, someone from Nebraska was promoting the National Socialist White People's Party where I worked. And and older woman who was neighbor showed us a swastika that her Nebraska mother (WWII era, wore large, brown dresses, and no sons in the war) gave to her. But that's probably not a very representative example of Hagel's constituents.

[andy58-in-nh]

IMHO, the reason that Hagel opposes the war is because of his close affinity with Arab causes. In the past, Hagel has received 100% ratings from Arab lobbies.