We haven't, and we won't anytime soon.
I say this as a recently converted Californian who has family roots in the South.
Many of my neighbors fly the Stars & Stripes on their houses or have flags on their cars, etc. This (Virginia) is a very patriotic area.
But the sense of being in the South is there all the time. We are not New England.
(Btw, what are you doing in Iraq? Whatever it is, you have my respects and my best wishes for a safe return.)
I am a contractor over here....
I see the Confederate flag as derisive....that is something that will not help strengthen unity. the US flag though, is something to be respected highly. To say that you see it and hate it, makes me want to puke. Patriotic? please....
what is this We stuff anyway....speak for yourself...