Isn't it nice to see the Iraqi soccer team wearing

[spooked]

the Iraqi flag on their uniforms? I had wondered if they would be sporting the Israeli-blue one we designed for them.

[Katherine2]

1. What ever happened

to the Iraqi flag we "gave" them? It sort of just disappeared without anyone commenting on it. I like their original flag, the one they are using now, better anyway.

[BlueCollar]

2. those three smiles

say it all...

[spooked]

3. Here is the design that infuriated Iraqis

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0428-03.htm

Burning With Anger: Iraqis Infuriated by New Flag That Was Designed in London
by Patrick Cockburn in Baghdad and David Usborne in Baghdad


For many Iraqis it was the final insult. Again and again they expressed outrage yesterday that Iraq's United States-appointed and unelected leaders had, overnight, abolished the old Iraqi flag, seen by most Iraqis as the symbol of their nation, and chosen a new one.

"What gives these people the right to throw away our flag, to change the symbol of Iraq?" asked Salah, a building contractor of normally moderate political opinions. "It makes me very angry because these people were appointed by the Americans. I will not regard the new flag as representing me but only traitors and collaborators."

[realisticphish]

4. heres why

(from The Onion)


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat