WHAT!?

I just can't believe this story. U.S. Navy ships are still allowed to fly the American flag? My goodness, isn't that apt to insult some other piddling nation and turn more people against the U.S. of A.?

Seems to me we should be willing to give up things like our national identity and sense of patriotism in an effort to get along with all these other enlightened nations, ragheads or not. It also seems to me that displaying an American flag—even in American waters—is a sign of American imperialism and disrespect for a lot of other worthless nations, including much of Europe and practically all of the Mid-East.

But I could be wrong...