"This is a gift from the Iraqis, this is the farewell kiss, you dog. "

[rainbow4321]

From a poster over at Twitter...the (local?) media pool there translated the guy's comments:

"This is a gift from the Iraqis, this is the farewell kiss, you dog.
This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."

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It was on page 3 or 4 of the below link..may be further down now, though

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=iraq

[Maat]

1. Interesting ...

well-said given the timing.

[liberalmuse]

2. Well said.

The man's a fucking hero in my book.

[BR_Parkway]

10. And such a human thing - this one little man, standing up to all the power

and massive might that we represent in that country.

[annabanana]

3. Thanks.. I knew there'd be a mis-translation on the mass media machine. . n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Wow. Powerful. K&R.

I wonder if this statement will suffer in translation on American news... :-(

[rainbow4321]

9. BBC on chimp's trip : "It's being called a victory tour, without a victory"

Ouch.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. I guess so! But what did he expect when he signed an agreement keeping troops there until 2011?!

The Iraqi people took to the streets because they wanted us gone, and that was in 2003! I remember starting a thread on it... And what is Obama supposed to do? Does he have to honor this?! Puts him in a bad position right from the get-go... :-(

[Schema Thing]

5. he really got all that out?

[EFerrari]

7. He had plenty of time. n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Could NOT have happened to a more deserving giggling murderer.

Time of your life, eh george? :evilgrin:

[rainbow4321]

8. Think of HOW pissed he is right now....wonder how bottles of Jim Beam he has gone thru already?

And you KNOW he is. His visit, no doubt was meant to be in the media cycle for a few days, it was going to be spun about how was welcomed and thanked, probably there are a few staged photo ops taken before this shoe throwing. And now...it ALL takes a back seat to this moment. That was caught on VIDEO, no less, that went viral across the 'net and the world before that second shoe hit the ground behind him. Hope his aircraft is well stocked with Jim Beam for the ride home to the States.

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. Oh I am sure he is pissed! And no doubt partying with Jack and Jim.

His only two 'friends'.:evilgrin:

[JackRiddler]

12. k n r

[Marr]

14. I suspect that moment will summarize not only this trip, but Bush's

Iraq "adventure" in general. It's a perfect symbol for the whole mess, and perfectly timed.

[Mari333]

15. My dog takes umbrage with that statement

and says woof woof woof (he is calling his lawyer).

[jazzjunkysue]

16. Not a nice thing to say about dogs.

The dog union's gonna be all over this.

[jazzjunkysue]

17. CNN is running this on a 5 minute cycle, with graphics. Calling it like a ball game.

:rofl: