He should claim that he thought it was the US National Anthem and that he was protesting the war in Iraq. The ACLU would dispatch a battalion of lawyers to defend him.
Amen! If he had been a little, liberal moonbat protesting the war (or anything else about America, for that matter), he'd have been celebrated or the ACLU would have rushed to his defense.
That made me think what would happen if we burned a mexican flag at cinco de maya. I would bet we would be in more trouble for burning their rag then if we just burned the stars and stripes.