The Peace on The Horizon - 75 Years after The World War 2 in the Middle East (160)

 

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Chapter 6: Genealogy of Islamic terrorism (15)

 

160 Axis of evil (3/4)

 

In March 2003, the United States formed coalition force with several countries including the UK and Australia. Coalition force attacked Iraq under the name of "Operation Iraqi Freedom". US army traditionally had two brave slogans in the battle field. As in the World War II, US soldiers again repeated two slogans in the war against Iraq; "Show the Flag!" and "Boots on the ground!".

 

"Show the flag"　means to declare his identity and "Boots on the ground" means to stand up on the real battlefield. To amalgamate two phrases into one tells that “Raise up the flag of justice and fight against devils at the front line". In other words, you should make clear whether you are friend or enemy and to confront the enemy with courage in the battlefield. President G.W. Bush who was the descendant of Texas cowboy deemed his role as a cavalry captain who kicked out American Indians (now referred to as "Native American" as an anti-discriminatory word).

 

(To be continued ----)

 

 

Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)