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Philippine flag flown upside down at obama meeting

hypocritexposer

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Rebecca Thompson might want to look into how to fly the flag of Myanmar also. It's the 2nd from the left, I believe. Not a big deal, but embarrassing none the less.

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The U.S. Government today apologised for displaying an inverted Philippine flag - wrongfully signifying that the nation was in a state of war - in a meeting hosted by Barack Obama.

The Philippine flag was displayed upside-down behind President Benigno Aquino III when leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met President Obama in New York on Friday.

The Philippine flag was shown with the red part at the top and the blue at the bottom, indicating the country is at war.

The blue field is above the red field when the country is at peace.

For many countries, including the UK and the U.S., a flag flown upside down indicates a state of distress.

However in the Philippines an inverted flag signals a state at war.

‘This was an honest mistake,’ U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Rebecca Thompson said in a statement. adding, ‘the U.S. treasures its close relationship and close partnership with the Philippines.’

She added that the American embassy will find out how the ‘unfortunate’ incident happened.

Philippine foreign affairs department spokesman Ed Malaya said the government understood that it was ‘an honest error’ that ‘should not detract from the true significance of the summit, which showed the unprecedented cooperation between the ASEAN and the U.S.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1315370/U-S-apologises-flying-Philippine-flag-upside--sign-nation-war.html
 

loomixguy

Well-known member
Another "Obama moment". Par for the course. I hope he apologized profusely to them, like he does to everybody else.

That being said, I can imagine the ruckus back in Pee Eye that this has caused. I swear, drama was invented by Bing.
 
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