It’s a grand old flag . . . .

It’s a grand old flag . . . .
Paul Greenberg

Posted on Wednesday, May 3, 2006

You would think that people capable of organizing massive demonstrations in support of the country’s illegal immigrants would have a lot of political savvy. But if there’s been anything more impressive than the size of the crowds, it’s been the tone-deaf quality of those organizing these marches. An observer of the first such rallies might have been forgiven for thinking the demonstrators were out to undermine their own cause. Why else the sea of Mexican flags ? Why would people who want to become American citizens fly a foreign flag ? What better way to demonstrate their foreignness ? And confirm all the fears of their critics ? Powerful things, flags. There’s nothing quite like the sight of one’s own in a foreign land. All the things it represents are suddenly thrown into sharp relief. I’ll never forget walking onto American soil, specifically the grounds of the U. S. Embassy in Moscow, after spending three depressing weeks in the fall of 1983 touring the late and unlamented Soviet Union. It was as if an iron gate had been raised and you’d been allowed out of your cage for the evening. You could almost taste the freedom.

The folks who’d decorated the embassy that evening had done a masterful job; they’d chosen reproductions of signs that once had identified New England inns. My favorite was Live and Let Live. No sentiment could have been more un-Soviet.

And there outside the embassy was Old Glory, spotlighted against Russia’s leaden skies, flying like a beacon of hope. No wonder so many for so long have wanted to be Americans. ¡ Que bonita bandera ! What a beautiful flag !

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The illegal invaders aren't interested in becoming Americans, they want to recover the SW-US for Mexico with the blessing of the Mexican government.