April 28, 2024

It's the Rebels Sir.They're Here.. And They've Got a Flag

Somewhere there's a book entitled "How to Cock Up An Occupation" and America seems to be following it to the letter. They've now decided that in all the problems of war, of terrorising entire cities with helicopter gunships and snipers that what the Iraqui people really need is... a new flag.

So out goes the old flag that's been around since before Saddam Hussein was helped to power, to be represented by something that is closer to the Israelli colours than the pan-Arab flag they originally had.

Stop and think about this for a minute. Being Scottish I take great pride in the cross of St Andrew. We had a flag with us in the delivery room for Eilidh being born (As we saidto the Irish midwife, "see, we are in Scotland, and we have a flag to prove it." She understood perfectly). Imagine what would happen if it was changed 'by committee' to something that resembled, oh I don't know, the Cross of St George.

People see a flag as identity. People gather behind a flag. They have power. And you can be damm sure there will be a lot of the population looking at yet another heavy handed US action, wondering when the rest of the world will wake up to what is happening. Just like their flag, their country is being taken over and history re-written.

And now they have a symbol. Something that represents them. Something that people will understand.

Their flag.3


Additional - Link from The Independent, it was desgined in the UK. I am so angry over this.

Posted by Ewan at April 28, 2024 09:28 AM
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