I agree
Yo hold up wait a minute
Chess.com wasn't really around, at least not at the beginning of Iraq. Also the US wasn't invading to claim the country as their own.
But I agree banning the flag is odd.
Media when russia invades ukraine: monster, uncivilized, it's 2022 nobody should be waging war
media when ethiopians kill each other for two years:
Locked. Political discussions are not allowed on the forums.
Chess.com official statement:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/on-the-invasion-of-ukraine

Russian flag banned guys. Okay I know what Putin is doing is bad but this is not okay. We let America invade Iraq and didn't ban the flag. Keep the flag and donate money to charity This is not helping ngl