Man Throws His Shoes At Bush In Iraq, Dragged Away By Security

[mucifer]

BAGHDAD — His legacy forever linked to an unpopular war, President George W. Bush flew under intense security to Iraq on Sunday where he called the nearly six-year conflict hard but necessary to protect the United States and give Iraqis hope. "The war is not over," he declared.

Bush got a size-10 reminder of the intense opposition to his policies when a man threw two shoes at him _ one after another _ during a news conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. "This is the end!" shouted the man, later identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt.

Bush ducked both throws. Neither leader was hit.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/14/bush-visits-iraq-for-fina_n_150832.html

[icnorth]

1. Shoes! Shoes?

Damn the librul media to hell. It was flowers dude! It was flowers!

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Throwing Shoes is a way of showing Major Distain for somebody

In the moslem world. I remember there was an episode before
where this was pointed out, its a big 'fuck you' to the guy that gets the shoe.

[Frustratedlady]

3. Don't Iraqis consider the soles of your shoes or of your feet to be the ultimate insult?

I thought I read that somewhere.

[Frustratedlady]

4. duplicate

[Botany]

5. Once bush gets anywhere near being out of his protective bubble ....

... he has to face the fact that he is the most hated man in the world.
Too bad Muntadar al-Zeidi didn't hit that little fraud.

BTW I have a friend who spent time in Morocco and told me that
the heal ofa shoe is a big insult and in some cases it means anal
rape.

[Cha]

11. The Iraqi reporter was fearless in

action against bush that so many in the world feel like doing.

It's symbolic as hell.

[Clio the Leo]

6. Serious question about Secret Service......

..... this is all very funny ..... but what if it were something worse? Anyone know how much pull our Secret Service has in other countries? Of course, I guess it couldn't have been worse because any kind of weapon would not have passed security.

I'm all for folks throwing shoes at Bush, but there's another guy we all know and love who's planning a trip to Cairo early next year that I'm concerned about.

[mucifer]

12. They can stop people from bring in guns and knives. Shoes would be a bit silly.

[Cha]

7. Rec'd~ Lets get this further attention since

david gregory thought it was such good news.

That man who threw his shoe at bush is the symbol for all of who would like to see him go down for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

I just saw the video..it was SHOES and he's an Iraqi Reporter. bush is shown as the classic punk ducker.

[No Passaran]

8. Picture

[Cha]

10. Can you imagine if this didn't happen?

It would just be fascade business as usual for fucking bush. This fearless Iraqi reporter is my latest hero.

[npk]

21. What a coward. The draft dodger, dodging a shoe.

A real president would have caught that shoe in mid air, without missing a line in his speech.

[Avalon6]

9. Anyone hear? MSNBC said Dana Perino got a black eye during the ensuring schuffle?

[demodonkey]

16. Oh, thank you Iraqi hero...

...insulted Boosh and black eyed miss prissy pants Dana -- there IS a God ( Allah )

[GoesTo11]

13. Frankly, I was impressed by Bush's move

Very quick reaction to duck, stand up again, duck again. Like a batter avoiding a brushback pitch. He may have found his special purpose.

[Larry in KC]

14. Yeah, he can be the asshole in the dunking tank...

...who everyone will pay good money to hit.

[Seen the light]

15. It wouldn't surprise me if he hasn't been trained on how to do that

Would make sense for the Secret Service to give simple training lessons to presidents on things like that.

[mucifer]

17. Here's the video

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/14/bush-visits-iraq-for-fina_n_150832.html

That took guts!

[Uzybone]

18. Thats hilarious

even though its Bush, it is a little disturbing how none of the secret service sprang to thier feet.

[Jennicut]

19. Woow, the ultimate insult! Dirty smelly shoes. Take that Shrub.

Obviously, I would not like any president to be hurt physically, even Bush (though he does belong in jail). But this was a creative way to get around a lack of weapon, just hurl your shoes!

[happychatter]

20. He'll probably have the poor bastard's head Fed Exed - n/t

[quakerboy]

22. Its a sad thing when Wartorn Iraq is free enough to do this

and those of us in the us are too Cowed.