Appearances are very important in the new Iraq.
 
 
After the collapse of Saddam's regime, the successive governments in Iraq concerned with shallow changes more than real ones. Our lawmakers took months just to change the design of the old Iraqi flag as if changing the flag will make Iraqis' life better or it would stop violence that harvested the lives of thousands of innocent people at the time of the discussion. The reason that was used by parliament for their useless discussions was "the old flag represents the former regime". Also, since 2003 the reconstruction meant the change of color of a building or the bridges. Millions of dollars were spent just to change colors of schools, bridges and other governmental buildings.
 
The last update about changing series in Iraq came out from the ministry of transportation. In stead of fighting the corruption that destroy every thing in the ministry, the minister decided to change the color of Iraqi planes and trains from green to blue saying that BLUE represent peace and love although all cultures consider Green is the color of peace and love. They didn’t even try to find real pretext to justify the decision. Some lawmakers said in press release "it would have meant more to the point for the minister of transportation to raise the level of services that are provided to Iraqi citizens in stead of changing the colors".
 
I hope someday Iraqi officials will realize that changing appearances will not change the miserable conditions in Iraq. They should start from the essence, if they really want to make change.