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White flags have had different meanings throughout history and depending on the locale. The white flag is an internationally recognized protective sign of truce or ceasefire, and request for negotiat...
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A flag is a piece of fabric, often flown from a pole or mast, generally used symbolically for signaling or identification. It is most commonly used to symbolize a country. The term flag is also us...
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The first mention of the usage of white flags to surrender is made during from the Eastern Han dynasty (A.D 25-220). In the Roman Empire, the historian Cornelius Tacitus mentions a white flag of surrender in A.D. 109. Before that time, Roman armies would surrender by holding their shields above their heads.
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When Sarah Palin ended up with the quote about someday looking back and remembering how we used to be free, I remembered immediately the quote from Sinclair Lewis “When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”...
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How is it even known that Agents' Coler and Williams may have attempted to offer a white flag of surrender? ... Perhaps he waved it as a white flag in sign of surrender, in any case, he apparently attempted to rig it as a tourniquet on the shattered arm of the downed agent. (Emphasis added).
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It is important to have members of the United States Congress who will not wave the white flag of surrender in this war on terror. ... LAUER: The white flag of surrender — that’s a very dramatic and harsh expression to use against the Democrats. Have you heard any Democrats calling for the white flag of surrender?
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Thu Oct 02, 2008 at 08:02:35 PM PST ... As you can see, Biden won in a LANDSLIDE ... ► Palin immediately followed with her "white flag of defeat" cheapshot, but it CRASHED like Monday's stock market, PLUMMETING 35 points.
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The Origin of Fred ... Give "Em Surrender Harry's War - On The Surge & Ge... ... White House...
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Larry Thornberry attacked “the al-Qaeda wing of the U.S. Supreme Court.” Joseph Farah described the decision as “wav[ing] the white flag of surrender before al-Qaida and its Islamo-fascist allies throughout the world.”...
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White flags. The international symbol of defeat, of surrender. ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference "When I wave my white flag, that means you surrender.":
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