That leaves the other half scattered over thousands of miles of boondocks and "heatland cities", many of which a lot of blue zoners could never even find on a map. Supposed 9/11 had happened in Fargo, Boise or El Paso, would the outcry have been the same?
Had a connection between the OKC bombing and ME terrorists been established in the media and in the Gov't, would there have been the same outcome in terms of militarization (put aside the X42 factor) of forces?
My point is this. IMO, a great portion of blue zoners don't give a damn about fly-over country and would marginalize in their minds, any attacks there, and not give as wholehearted support for a war on terror as they do because it (9/11) happened in the heart of their "land"
even more importantly...
heartland=our best baseball towns
heartland=the country's soul and oasis of common sense in an otherwise pusswhipped country.
But look at it this way- hitting the heartland would be the absolute worst thing a country like Iran could ever do. That's the one place where people won't weep and ask "why do they hate us?" It is the one part of the country that could cheerfully vote to nuke an entire country and then go barbeque a mess of pork steaks, boil up a pot of sweetcorn, ice down some beer, sit down and enjoy the show, and then get up the next morning to go to work, without shedding a single tear.