To: george76
Wow, an Iranian born woman in space wearing a space suit with an American flag at this point in time! Surely the message cannot be lost on the mullahs!
To: The_Media_never_lie
Yes.
She is proud of America and the flag !
"Ms Ansari provoked a brief row when she announced she wanted to wear the Stars and Stripes on one sleeve of her space suit and, to inspire women in the country of her birth, the Iranian flag on the other.
She backed down under pressure from the US and Russian governments and promised to refrain from making political statements while in orbit. "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/18/nspacetourist.xml
20 posted on
09/19/2006 5:28:12 PM PDT by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: The_Media_never_lie
To: The_Media_never_lie
Wow, an Iranian born woman in space wearing a space suit with an American flag at this point in time! Surely the message cannot be lost on the mullahs! Excellent advertisement for the meaning of FREEDOM!
27 posted on
09/19/2006 6:20:28 PM PDT by
Monkey Face
(The REAL sister of the REAL redhead. REALLY!)
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