Ukraine Flag Was Upside-Down During Yesterday's Pentagon Ukraine Defense Contact Group Conference

Moon of Alabama: Flag Abuse And Other Bits On Ukraine 

The Pentagon reports about the continuing efforts to sell new U.S. weapons to those nations which discard their old ones in Ukraine.  

Austin Hosts Ukraine Defense Contact Group to Continue Support for Beleaguered Country 

To express the seriousness of the situation in Ukraine the Pentagon decided to hoist Ukraine's blue-above-yellow flag upside down. Hanging a flag upside down is a sign of either dire distress or cultural ignorance. Given that this was a Pentagon event the later is the more likely to be the case.  

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WNU Editor: I usually pick-out these mistakes. But I did miss this one.



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