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yes but to quote a IraqiScott Gardener wrote:They redesigned it because the three stars reference the Baath Party, Saddam's regime. It's kind of the equivalent of the Germans removing the Nazi swastika from their flag; can you blame them?
also if the 3 stars where meant in baath party terms, then simple changing the meaning of the stars, Saddam did it when the 3 stars at first meant unity with Syria and Egypt, so the new Iraq govt should change the meaning of the stars themselves, most Iraqis like the current design and would rather prefer this over the new designeverything beautiful in it was destroyed, everything was stolen, they even messed with the most important thing that identifies it, they even messed with the great and beautiful Iraqi flag, I wonder when will they change it's name claiming that it's a Baathiests name or Saddamists name!!!!
I wonder when will they have enough of messing around and destroying our country, I wonder when will those idiots who calls them selves politicians working for a new Iraq stop messing up Iraq!
They changed the flag, the great Iraqi flag the rolled the dead bodies of the brave soldier whether Shiite, Sunni or Kurds....it's the flag the covered the coffins of millions of Iraqis it's the flag that fluttered for many years in the Iraqi sky.
It's the last thing remaining for us as an independent nation, it's the thing that remembers us of how we used to live in peace, it's the thing that remembers us of how all Iraqis used to be united, and most important of all it's one of the few things that represents the union of the Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq and this shouldn't be, as I believe they think.
They say that it's Saddam's flag! They said that it was made by Saddam and AlBaath and for that it must be changed! First of all this flag is not for Saddam or AlMaliki or any one it's for Iraq and Iraqis only, no one owns this flag but Iraq,
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That's a different case, where a word was used to name the country, as Mexico (which means moon's navel), it's official name is United Mexican States ( both names are considered official). It's like calling the European Union "Europe" , even tough it's not formed by all of the European's nations.For example, do you think someone who lives in Federative Republic of Brazil (which is in South America) says that they live in "The Federal Republic" or that they live in "Brazil"? I'm pretty sure it's the latter. Also, do you think they think of themselves primarily as an "American" or a "Brazilian"? Once again, probably the latter. If everyone else can shorten the names of their countries, then Americans can too, and everyone else is just gonna have to deal with it. Sorry
my last post was only an opinion, relax
At least it's more creative than some flags.Avareis wrote:OMFLJCSOB! That is an ugly flag! Who the hell designed that thing?! It's hidious! Lime green on white under red and black? That's so stupid.....I'd be so embarrassed if I lived in there.
You right about that, some countries have no creativity with their flag.Aki wrote:At least it's more creative than some flags.Avareis wrote:OMFLJCSOB! That is an ugly flag! Who the hell designed that thing?! It's hidious! Lime green on white under red and black? That's so stupid.....I'd be so embarrassed if I lived in there.
France: Three color bands. Wee!
Germany: Three different color bands going a different direction, wee!
Russia The same three colors france uses, but horizontally and in a different order!
So on and so forth....
actually they suggested something like that, which i would have been fine with, but they threw it outScott Gardener wrote:The three stars could be re-branded to mean the Sunni, Shiite, and Kurd peoples living together. The Saddam-era writing could be replaced with new text, something more universally uplifting, within their cultural context.
Then again, is it really our place to gripe about their flag and what they do or don't do with it? We've kind of done enough already--at least those of us here in the U.S., and to a lesser extent, the UK. Well, not us so much as our elected officials--if you count Bush's first term as being elected.
Another design was also proposed. This design was similar to the current flag but the script was changed to yellow to represent the Kurdish people in northern Iraq. The meaning of the three stars would be changed to symbolize peace, tolerance and justice.[6]
Aki wrote:At least it's more creative than some flags.Avareis wrote:OMFLJCSOB! That is an ugly flag! Who the hell designed that thing?! It's hidious! Lime green on white under red and black? That's so stupid.....I'd be so embarrassed if I lived in there.
France: Three color bands. Wee!
Germany: Three different color bands going a different direction, wee!
Russia The same three colors france uses, but horizontally and in a different order!
So on and so forth....
indeed, but remember, usually Ireland and Italy have been thinking in similar terms, which is detest BritianRedEye wrote:Flags were originally used as rally-points for soldiers in battle. Our game of "Capture the flag" is one of the hand-downs of that philosophy.
To be visible, the flag had to be bright and simple in its pattern.
Frequently, the location of the Flag was also the location of the King or the general in a given fight.
The United States was the first country that complicated their flag away from the rule of simple: easy to recognize. The English Grand Union flag that we see today is a combination of the English "St. George Cross" and the Scottish "St. Andrew Cross".
Even so, they remain highly visible, a rally-point for their troops.
Previous to the adoption of the Tri-Color flag, France had a White flag. They surrendered a lot, I guess.
Matt missed one of the classics in Flag goofs, though; Italy and Ireland had for quite some years the same colors and position of those colors on their flags. Good thing they never had a war.
