3.31.03 – the united states of iraq

or, the chilling thing i saw at the mall yesterday:

the Made In Idaho Or USA store (i’m not making that title up) was featuring “Support Our Troops” t-shirts with an american flag-themed design in the front window. well, not terribly surprising. but what caught my eye was the other t-shirt display: the one promoting “Free Iraq” t-shirts decorated up with a graphic design that combined the US and Iraqi flags into a single emblem. talk about propaganda. what are the chances that the US goverment is actually manufacturing these shirts and distributing them through private resellers?