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An Iraqi Exile at an Antiwar Protest

By Michael Weiss / September 20, 2007

If you think all the old arguments of '03 are dead and buried, think again. One Iraqi exile, who blogs at IraqPundit, spent a day at an antiwar rally in Washington:

There were all kinds of people there, many of them carrying signs. Some signs said, "Support the troops, bring them home." Despite my own strong feelings about the war, I can empathize with the sentiment. I saw a sign that asked, "How did our oil get under their sand?" which I thought was funny. I saw a young lady with a T-shirt that said "Make levees, not war," which I thought was cute. I saw Green Peace banners and I saw some gay rainbow flags. I saw a lot of U.S. flags, and I even saw Palestinian flags. But though I looked for them, I couldn't see any Iraqi flags. Not one. 

Plus ca change… Of course, the first time around the absence of Iraqi flags was more a formality (they were pretty hard to come by, what with the Koranic suras inked with Saddam's own blood and all). Yet "Hands off Iraq" was one of the official ANSWER-formulated slogans way back when.

Given the current state of affairs, would it be too much to say, "We support the troops and the Iraqi people. End the war now!"?

Just asking. 

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  • By Anonymous 9/20/07 at 7:18 p.m. UTC

    Of course it wouldn’t be too much to ask. I don’t think anyone would say it would. If there were no Iraqi flags, perhaps it’s merely because most people aren’t aware of its existence, or, it was a simple oversight. I wouldn’t read too much into this…

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