To do my part for The New Iraq, I’ve started to think about a national slogan. This would be in addition to the current one inscribed on the familiar red, white, black, and green flag, “There is no God but God, and Muhammad is His Messenger.” That one’s sturdy and sober and sacred as all get out, but it doesn’t quite convey the pizzazz and pyrotechnics of the Iraq that’s in the making.
Here are a few ideas:
“Iraq: Not as Bad as It Looks”
“First Saddam, Now This”
“The Land Between Attacks”
“Watch Out — It’s About to Go Off”
“Hey, Help Us Out — We’re Dying Here”
“Where Ideas Meet IEDs”
“Land of Many Martyrs”
“Mission Accomplished”
“Land of Martyrs and Mortars”
“We Don’t Take Kindly to Meddlers”
“What Happens Here, Stays Here”