Thursday, April 03, 2003 :::
A few thoughts on flags.
It was made clear early on that, since this is to be a war of liberation rather than of colonization, invading soldiers should not plant the American (or British/Australian/Polish/whatever) flag. It could be argued that the American flag is a flag of liberation, but I think the order is an appropriate one. It does leave us, however, without a banner to fly for a free Iraq.
Well, shortly before the Soviet Union collapsed, I spent a month in Russia (whether the timing of the two events is a coincidence is left to the speculation of the reader). The official Russian flag at the time was identical to the Soviet flag, but with a bar down the left side, IIRC. There had been a pre-Soviet flag, of course, which I believe is also the current flag. Considered an emblem of dissent, this flag was illegal -- and fairly popular.
I don't know much about Iraqi history, but this strikes me as one of the better periods, from the little research I've done. The Iraqi flag from the period is what you see above. Until someone has a better idea, I propose it as a banner for a free Iraq.
::: posted by Steven at 3:30 PM
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