Thursday, January 20, 2011

Flying the Terrorist Flag in D.C.: Not A Meaningless Symbolic Gesture!

By Mark Cantora
AmericanThinker.com
January 20, 2011

Sometimes a flag is not just a flag.  In the current era of postmodern "whatever-ism," symbolic gestures are largely understood as just that -- a meaningless symbolic gesture.  A low Presidential bow to a foreign sovereign is just a bow.  The gift of an iPod to an allied sovereign is just a kitschy gift.  And on January 18, 2011, a raised Palestinian flag in Washington, D.C. is just a flag -- a little wink and nod to the Arab residents of the disputed territories.

But in the Middle East, a symbol is never just a symbol.  Even the smallest of gestures is packed with diplomatic meaning, and the policy ramifications of that gesture are almost always far-reaching.

Flag picture from here.

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