BAD FLAG ... BAD, BAD FLAG: “The many nations helping Haiti recover from the devastating earthquake that struck there have set up their own military compounds and fly their flags at the entrances.... But the country whose contributions dwarf the rest of the world's — the United States — has no flag at its main installation near the Port-au-Prince airport....”

Because “Barack Obama has just ordered all U.S. installations to take down their American flags, lest we be seen as an ‘occupying army’ rather than ‘international partners’."


It is patently appalling that a president of the United States would consider our flag to be a symbol of militaristic takeovers and colonialism, especially when serving (to a greater degree than any other nation on Earth) a humanitarian purpose. No other country giving aid in Haiti has lowered its flag. But then again, no other country has a leader who is offended by their own flag.

NOTE: cartoon courtesy of Hope n’ Change.