At the airport in Karachi, supporters carried greenflags with the likenesses of Mr. Musharraf and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, and handed out bags of pink petal-shaped confetti.
When Abraham Lincoln struggled to preserve our young union, more than 100, 000 Irish and Irish Americans joined the cause, with units like the Irish Brigade charging into battle -- greenflags with gold harp waving alongside our star-spangled banner.