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In isolation, that's a beautiful sentiment, and it's not a bad song. But the Chicks are pretty good at ignoring that "preacher" unless he agrees with them. Opinions about the Iraq war have shifted a bit in the U.S. since 2003, so country fans might have let it drop, but the Dixie Chicks made a conscious choice not to give them that option. The album is a giant middle finger to critics. To add inflection to this point, the group kicked off the new tour at what their own website describes as "the scene of the crime," the Shepherd's Bush (really, that's its name) theatre in London.

As the U.S. leg of the tour gets into full swing, the Chicks won't have to stare down the sort of massive negative PR buzz saw that they did last time because many of the group's former fans have lost interest. Maines can now talk, or sing, or yodel all she wants, but fewer people will be listening.

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Iraq, Oil