Everybody welcome back to flag/fan Friday
Hope you like the Libya episode okay
So this is the part where I usually address the things that should have been either corrected or expounded a little bit more on in the episode
Okay for one I didn't explain Why Gaddafi denounced Switzerland
The reason why mostly had to do with the fact that his son was arrested after being convicted of?
quote-unquote beating domestic employees during his stay Gadhafi cut off exports and ties
Also after doing a little bit more research not every married couple received money from the government and not everybody received oil
Stipend money as well the percentages didn't always exactly match up what the point is. I don't think
Everybody was involved which brings us to the discussion of Gaddafi now a lot of you had different contrasting
comments in regards to your opinions on Gaddafi some of you said he wasn't that bad some of you said he was a monster and
What it really comes down to is?
this is a very complex topic that isn't easily addressed in such a short amount of time from my
Observations it kind of seemed like people who were either not Libyan or not from Libya had a more like
Sympathetic response to the Gaddafi thing whereas actual Libyans in Libya were kind of like more leaning against him
And I feel like this is kind of like the mainstream viewpoint of a lot of people in political discourse discussions
I feel like a lot of times we in the West are taught to immediately default our mindsets to this self flagellation
ideology that we must pay for the sins of
Intervention when in reality it's not that simple
And you have to talk to a lot of different people on the spectrum to come to your own convictions and especially those that were
directly in the epicenter of conflict
This is why I like to talk to natives of the countries when I'm doing research for the country episodes that I do I mean
I get a comment like this from a guy
Who's not Libyan the idea that Gaddafi was a bad leader is a very Western viewpoint and a little short-sighted yeah?
He wasn't the best but women had more rights than some similar countries free education and health care the GMR
Etc and after NATO's intervention the country went pretty downhill with militia groups in a civil war but then again
I get a comment like this from a Libyan. I am a Libyan and live in Benghazi for anyone saying Gaddafi was good
He was not he was a mass murderer. He invested next to nothing in education in health care and infrastructure
It was free
But it was of lower tier case the great man-made River remains mostly
Incomplete and where people could get money from the government getting married 100 percent never existed Gadhafi ruled Libya like a gangster through deception lies
Kidnapping and assassinations, but then again, I did get some Libyans who said they were kind of like 50/50
I guess after kind of conglomerating all of the information that I got from native Libyans the consensus
I mostly got was yes our country is kind of in an unfavorable state right now. There is conflict
There is war but overall it was
mostly kind of a good thing that Gaddafi was deposed of
Despite the good things that he may have done for the country which I guess kind of concludes to the notion that
Actions may speak louder than words, but they don't necessarily always redeem a character anyway the whole thing is way too crazy
I can't go on because it's just gonna take forever
oh And I forgot to mention famous Libyans and the reason why is because there weren't too many that were like really
Crazy internationally famous, I mean I guess the most famous one was Gaddafi
But yeah here are some ones that I researched and ones that you guys mentioned Nasser Al mizdow e
Achmed fuck room nadia ali even though she's Pakistani American
But she was born in Tripoli revolutionaries Omar Mukhtar and Suleiman al biruni Greek mathematician and astronomer
aratus thinnies
Basketball player Suleiman Ali nosh-nosh and writer Ahmed Rafiq um how do we oh my gosh so many things to talk about all right?
Let's just jump into the flag thing shall we without further adieu you
Alright so the Libya episode was a little tricky because it's like a place that has changed so much over time in so many ways
And there's so many details
and speaking of historical changes the flag the flag of Libya is a horizontal tricolour of red black and green the black band twice the
Height of the other two bands as a white crescent and star sits in the middle of course
Representing Islam or more specifically the beginning of a lunar month as well as the smiling hope to illuminate through the darkness the green represents
The wealth and agriculture as well as the future prosperity of the nation the black stands for the dark days under Italian occupation
Whereas the red stands for?
That was actually animated by our old Kiwi friend
Jared you guys remember Jared right he decided to fill in for the animation this week
It's been a while and you can actually follow him on Twitter does live streams every so often now keep in mind this flag was
actually kind of used twice
It was originally introduced in during the very brief Kingdom years after independence with interest the first after Qaddafi came in in
1969 in a coup he replaced a flag first with the Federation of Arab
Republic's with Egypt and Syria remember in the Egypt episode we talked about how they all tried to become like one country
But didn't really last very long and then shortly after that he changed it to the monochromatic
Green flag which was for the longest time the only flag in the world that only had one color and no design
It was supposed to symbolize both Islam
And his political ideology which was written down in the green book prior to all of that
They were part of two Emirates one in Cyrenaica and one of phazon Gaddafi's Nansen mode flags, but they were just different colors
Oh yeah, and they're under the Italian French and British at one point during occupation years, yada, yada, yada
You get that now the coat of arms which kind of technically doesn't exist as a de facto symbol
They just kind of used the crescent and star
and that's kind of what they put on their passports however historically they did have a few coat of arms under the
Italians
They used this one
Which surprisingly used the ancient extinct?
Silphium plant from Cyrene that we talked about in the episode of course of everything you could have put in the coat of arms it
Had to be the symbol of sex-crazed hedonism, but okay
There is also a palm tree and a fascist which is like the most Italian thing
You could use under the short kingdom years
There was a royal coat of arms
Which used crowns and crescents and gold frames and of course under the Arab Federation years?
They use the same emblem as Egypt and Syria with a golden eagle and a scroll, otherwise yeah
There's really not too much to expound on after that I mean if their flag still was the solid green flag then this episode would
Have been like two minutes shorter, but cool alright. I guess that's about it. You know what time it is
It's time for geography mail time alright. You know how we start these things postcards and letters first alright surprisingly
We only got two postcards this week this one is from Farhan from Sabah, Malaysia Oliver is Austrian
But he visited Cabo Verde ah did you guys watch the cup of every day episode I recommend it Brian from
Taiwan Republic of China disputed with People's Republic of China hey Barb's this might be late, but happy Chinese New Year from Taiwan
Here's a scroll you can put on your door or any place really it says happy year of the dog going yeah
And koala I probably butchered the tones, but you get the point also. Can you say hi to my son Liam?
He is three years old. Hey Liam. Are we got something from cutter? Hello, I'm marina
I'm Filipino homeschool teen living in Doha Qatar, and of course they drew the cutlery and Filipino flags this is from Korea, South Korea
Hey, Barb's, my name is Bhadra. I'm a volunteer at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea
I'm here with our national Olympic Committee that Czech Olympic Committee
Oh, so your check I have sent you some Czech Olympic badges, dude
These are like official Olympic Committee badges from Czechia pick from Ladera Ranch, California
Hey Barb's, I'm Vic
I really love your channel because it teaches me so much about the world I drew a Bahamians flag here for you
And I have sent shedded snakeskin why because Vic this is weird. I mean, what do I even do with it?
I I'm a lot. I'm at a loss for words
I've never had something like this sent to me actually that Australian person did send me a fox head that one time alright
I think your name is uh
Rudess rupess from new york hey Barb's I've been a subscriber since the Cameroon episode
I found your channel before I was deployed to pop reen I had no idea what Bahrain was about and not only learned about it
But also used the video to calm the nerves of my family and friends
Well first of all root is just like I always do with military personnel salute
Thank you for your service second of all I was born and raised in New York
But my family is from the Dominican Republic. You are definitely right about the merengue thing my grandfather even though
He was blind and couldn't walk still did the merengue also
I sent a challenger corn from my deployment to consider
It as a thank you for helping me learn about the world and is crazy a challenger coin
This is why would you guys what do you guys send me like your honorable items like I didn't do anything to earn these?
But um. Thank you. I it's an honor. I don't deserve. Thank you now. Here's the cool thing
I have two Californians Leon and Ryan they each like drew flags of the world and off of that we have two people from
Wisconsin we got Isaac who is Lebanese American and we have Lee and he sends these a nice
postcards now for those who don't know Wisconsin is kind of like the comedy central of America some of our best comedians come from
Wisconsin we got this package from Switzerland, and I'm sorry, but it kind of got a little smashed in the mail bonds, ooh
Did I sweet ah another in French je voulais CLE de la suisse Congo who lay upon telephone say shit by the way guys
everybody tulip Epsilon's si vous voulez vous pouvez McLean on phone say don't don't vote lately on Faye a
Long time Jesu poke the letter home for say how come it stopped chibita?
Marley bones of a John Bluebell this twist on the content
free Borg la Vida free pour it on tribal V medieval
Convey bound free board. Oh this cool. I got something from Bahrain check it out. This is literally a Bahraini postage stamp
It's a one dinar postage stamp
It's so huge of course the Bahrain flag cool postcard of the bridge half t in our banknote gay bars
My name is moon tor I sent this really cool postcard. Hope you like it our next up Magnus from Norway Magnus
That is such a Nordic name Magnus
I've sent you some coins Norwegian milk chocolate and 17th of May stuff the 17th of May is Norway's Constitution Day
Interesting okay, so I guess you click these on on the 17th of May right I got a package from, Arizona
I've always been into geography and flags and stuff
I thought you would like the flag of my state the best state Jake of course Arizona state flag this is from
Luxemburg oh, it's a it's a book an American in Luxembourg. He wrote on the first page
Hey, Barbie as a title the book may reveal. This is a book written by an American from Seattle who moved to Luxembourg
Hope you'll enjoy it and get some useful input for the Luxembourg episode my next up Cailin from Duluth, Georgia
There's a Duluth in Georgia. I thought that was only Minnesota. Yeah, what do we got here?
Kailyn I know for a fact that if you sent this then that means you probably followed me on some other stuff besides
Geography now right I I once mentioned. How I want to learn how to play ukulele and
You were listening my name is Kayla, I'm 22 years old, and I've been happily subscribed since the Equatorial Guinea episode
I grew up in
Liberia and wanted to learn an instrument to I'm very flattered that you found an interest in my little old country, Liberia
I do encourage you to visit someday trust me
I really would like to visit Liberia and finally this package from Jim Thomas from, New Hampshire
For those of you that have been following this channel for a while you will know exactly what this is the flag of
Bon dia Tara you literally made a flag of Bon dia Tara this is
Insane even I have never made myself a flag of Bon dia Tara, and I invented it this is
Honourable I feel like I feel like I'm one of those Wakanda Kings
Hey Barb's, love your channel thought you ought to have a souvenir from Bundy Tara
Saw it at the airport while I was visiting last April and could not resist
I'm sorry everybody else, but Jim Jim wins this episode
And I speaking of winning it is time for my turn a dress contest
I put all of your return addresses in this bag
And I pick one out and whoever wins I send a little gift to all right
So I'm just gonna pick one out not gonna look like a look just gonna pick one
Let's see
John from Cardiff Wales you just won you guys well. This was really cool
Thank you so much for sending all these things putting your hometowns in home countries on display
I really appreciate it and I remember you can send stuff to the other people that have been on geography now
Not just me in the meantime uh subscribe to this channel if you'd like you've just been flagged stay cool stay tuned