New Iraqi Flag Unveiled.....

Dark Hellion · Post by **Dark Hellion** » 2004-04-27 07:10pm

Hey, I think the flag looks fine. Hell, at least they are secure enough in their masculinity to use pastels.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-04-27 08:07pm

It's hideous. And the old flag predated the Baathist regime anyway. What purpose does this serve?

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-04-27 08:33pm

I actually liked the old flag.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-04-27 09:35pm

RedImperator wrote:And the old flag predated the Baathist regime anyway.

It was all part of one of the stupid arab unity plots where all the arab nations
adopted the same flag, with different #s of stars in the UAR.

Republic of Iraq Flag 1959-1963

Or

Kingdom of Iraq 1924-1958

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2004-04-27 10:18pm

Either of those would have been a better choice.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-04-28 01:35am

The Iraqis are apparently pissed that the traditional Islam colors are gone, as well as some phrase from the Qa'ran. Not to mention that it looks like Israel's flag.

When is this farce going to be over?

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2004-04-28 01:39am

Not to join the chorus of 'it sucks', but it really does. I can see that as perhaps being a naval flag, but not the actual falg of Iraq.

Just keep the original tri-colour and slap a cresent on it some where, it would look a hell of a lot better.

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-04-28 04:14am

Iraqis infuriated alright

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-04-28 04:15am

I've taken dumps that would look better on a flagpole than that piece of shit.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-28 04:39am

I vote for the Republic flag.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-04-28 04:45am

The flag is crap. It has the arcing moon but is missing the star.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-04-29 04:34pm

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,118419,00.html

It's been de-Jewified.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-04-29 05:12pm

The Republic flag kicks ass. What's wrong with that?

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2004-04-29 05:47pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote:
Rogue 9 wrote:And you automatically assume that this artist is a puppet.
In the absence of evidence to the contrary we can safely assume that, as an employee of the Governing Council (a wholly owned subsidiary of the United States of America), he is more than likely a 'puppet' as you say.

Anyway, the Iraqis apparently hate it already...

The new flag is the work of an Iraqi artist resident in London called Rifat Chadirji whose design was the best of those considered. He is also the brother of Nassir al-Chaderchi, the chairman of the IGC committee charged with choosing a new flag for Iraq.

I'd say puppet, or possibly muppet would be an apt label.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-04-29 05:53pm

Keevan_Colton wrote: I'd say puppet, or possibly muppet would be an apt label.

Or just business as usual in the middle east concerning nepotoism

Guardsman Bass · Post by **Guardsman Bass** » 2004-04-29 05:55pm

I kind of like that flag; it looks so shiny, clean, and bright.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2004-04-29 06:13pm

MKSheppard wrote:
Keevan_Colton wrote: I'd say puppet, or possibly muppet would be an apt label.
Or just business as usual in the middle east concerning nepotoism

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought we were meant to be making a fucking difference not putting a new face on old shit. Silly me....but hey, fuckit aslong as they know how to hold the guns eh?

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-04-29 06:20pm

Reminds me of the state of Georgia switching flags every few months until everybody here was thoroughly pissed off about it and nothing else got done. As a result, I still don't know what it finally ended up being.

But at the same time, as soon as people stopped bickering about the flag full time they went back to getting evolution out of the school curriculums. You know, maybe it was a good thing to keep the hicks whining about wanting their Confederate flag back so they were too busy whining about "evilution."

Not that I'm suggesting anything similar for Iraq...

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-04-29 06:26pm

Keevan_Colton wrote: Oh, I'm sorry, I thought we were meant to be making a fucking difference not putting a new face on old shit.

I'm sorry, unless you'd like to nuke the middle east to glowing ash, and then
30 years later, recolonize with vat grown arabs who have been raised atheist, that's what we're stuck with.

Silly me....but hey, fuckit aslong as they know how to hold the guns eh?

So you'd rather us train troops by skipping the entire "basic training" bit and
going straight to "infantry assaults 101" like the rest of the Arab world has
apparently done?