Reply #198: Whoa - NICE Avatar!!!

[Tinoire]

;) Thank you for letting me use it. Not even to show solidarity with Conyers could I change it!

TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-28-04 08:24 PM
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Iraq deserves a BETTER flag . . .
Edited on Wed Apr-28-04 08:47 PM by TeeYiYi

I have been so bugged by the blatant symbolism that was built into Iraq's 'new' flags. Both of them. It seems obvious to me, what the colors and symbols of their new flag SHOULD be and should NOT be. (snip) If the war in Iraq is truly about helping the Iraqi people then it stands to reason that they deserve a flag that would better represent them and that they can be proud of.

So I designed them a new one which stands for a unified Iraq, nestled in a field of green (stands for growth and Islamic ideals) between the Tigres and Euphrates rivers (two black stripes). A flag for a country that embraces its diversity — three peoples (three crescents) under Islam living together peacefully as one (one white star symbolic of Islam and the white dove of peace) and prospering together in a new democratic society that they sacrificed their lives to realize.



I had several ideas but this one was my favorite. There are dozens of ways that this flag could be designed that wouldn't be a slap in the face to the good people of Iraq. After all they have gone through in the name of a free Iraq, they deserve a flag that they can be proud of and that will give them hope.
TYY


Edited to clarify that Iraq deserves a better flag than the blue and white one that has been foisted on them in the last few days. I didn't mean to suggest that there was anything wrong with their original flag. There was nothing wrong with the old flag. ~TYY

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