Did you see this Allawi picture on CNN?What will Iraqi's think if he can't

[LittleApple81]

even trust his own "WELL TRAINED" Iraqi military to protect him?

[Richardo]

1. Luckily for him, the electricity is on so infrequently

that the odds of many Iraqis seeing this image is very low.

[NMDemDist2]

2. hmmm... interesting the flag on the guy's flak jacket

makes a nice target and is totally against flag etiquette


(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
(e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
http://www.usflag.org/us.code36.html#173

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. I don't think that counts for military

Isn't it on every single soldier's uniforms?

[LittleApple81]

5. But I think this is a contractor. He is not wearing a uniform. n/t

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

7. Well THAT is a different story

[tom_paine]

3. Look, one of King George's Hessians

Protecting the Imperial Vassals, of course.

That's what a Hessian does.

[geek tragedy]

6. Allawi is a former hitman himself

I imagine he could hold his own in a gun fight or even a knife fight.