This site (admittedly biased) gives a somewhat reductionist view of the war in Iraq, which I feel makes things more accessible in terms of actual reality that I can understand.
iraqometer.com/
As simplistic as it is, and as little as a few numbers can represent such a complex situation, it's still surprisingly powerful. I looked at it before I left for a class, and when I checked it again 3 hours later, the number of bombs dropped had gone up by 1500. That's a lot of bombs.
