“Best Flag Ever”
October 6th, 2009
This was touted on a handful of blogs today as the Best Flag Ever.
It’s one for the books.
All my favorites come from radical Islamic movements. Observe the following from Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah and the Taliban (respectively).
Never has a yellow circle been so menacing. The only translation I can find online is “Al Quran is the Guide and the Swords Help”, but that can’t be right..
I really hope this was pulled from Saul Bass’ design for Exodus. The irony would be almost as choice as Ahmadinejad’s recent news.
Beautiful.
October 6, 2009, 10:55 pm
[...] the heels of Jason’s post: more best-ever flags from General [...]
October 7, 2009, 1:00 pm
May I suggest a more mainstream flag of great beauty and simple elegance: Alaska’s “eight stars of gold on a field of blue,” designed by a young Alaska Native boy about 50 years ago.
April 24, 2010, 6:42 am
I have no notion if this is supposed to be degrading or supporting, it seems you have targeted radicals who are blindsighted, if this is supposed to demean Islam then stop