[Timeout]

The Amercan flag/Iraq flag moment was a stunning metaphor:

short lived American control until free Iraqis can run their own country.
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I never did see where the Iraq flag came from. Did Cpl. Chin's unit get it from the crowd or did they bring it all the way from Kuwait?

[epluribus_2]

the whole statue event was a perfect metaphor for the war - the locals always wanted this down - even tried to do it with a rope, which broke - then the USMC let them climb up a vehicle, put up a chain and with US help the Iraqi's topple Saddam's symbol of oppression. They could not do it alone and knew what to do once it came down. (drag the head through the streets)

[Daniel Ramsey]

Corporal Chin had it in a utility pocket of his BDU. The Iraq flag was passed up to him.

I have no objection of the flag event, we gave up a lot for the Iraq people and we have no plans of conquest, many folks cannot grasp that scenario.

My biggest concern in the future is black market/drugs and organized crime coming into Iraq like how the USSR became.And AIDS.

A lot of work to keep Iraq secure in the future.

[Carolina]

I never did see where the Iraq flag came from. Did Cpl. Chin's unit get it from the crowd or did they bring it all the way from Kuwait?

IIRC, it came from someone in the crowd. Not sure though. It was a great moment and I really don't want to overanalyze it. But the mediots are having a cow over it.