You can’t get away from the shoes.
Everyone in Iraq is still talking about the shoes thrown at President Bush by a journalist, even though official Iraqi TV has barely shown the incident. A Syrian channel viewed in Iraq is showing the scene non-stop, playing martial music from the days of Saddam in the background and all Arab satellite channels keep repeating the shoe clip.
Many Iraqis I’ve talked to feel shamed by the incident, since insulting a guest is considered a breech of honor. But many others say Bush was an occupier and not a guest, and the incident seems to have tapped a well of bitterness over conditions during the past five years.
The jokes about the shoes keep multiplying. “There has been a decision to prevent all journalists from buying shoes,” one joke goes. Another:” Bush will have to hold all his press conferences in mosques (where worshippers remove their shoes).” A third: “The shoes, what did they do wrong.” And so it goes: the talk of Baghdad.
I don't find an act of violence againt the President of the United States to be funny at all. I think the "journalist" is fortunate, if he threw a shoe at Saddam Hussein, he would have been dead before the shoe got to Saddam's head.— jmc
jmc, journalists like Rubin know in their heart that they are cheering for this guy because they want to do the same thing - they are consumed by their hatred of Bush, even to go so far as advocating positions of those who are enemies of the USA if it means they get to practice a little BushHate. But soon they will be winding down and settling in as 0bama's lapdogs - it will be like a four year vacation for them.— fafafooey- Amen fafafooey, these liberal hacks are like roaches I can't wait until their company goes under. Party at my house!— waynoNE
- The only thing I can think of when I see that video is, where the HELL was the Secret Service? How did the guy manage to fling TWO shoes before anyone made a move to stop him? Love Bush or hate Bush, I think we all should want to see our President protected from enemies who would assault (or assassinate) him. Let's protect the Office, please! For the Bush haters: don't forget who's waiting in the wings to hold the reins for the next 25 days, should anything happen to W.— AuntBethany
- Bush is a war criminal and a liar. Ducking shoes is the LEAST that should happen to him. I loved it. Send my man more shoes and give him some room. Send Bush and his terrorist cronies to the Hague.— ClarkU
- The only reason you people think Rubin hates Bush is because you love him so much. Anyone who says they don't agree with what Bush does and has done (like freedom of speech isn't one of our rights) that automatically means they hate him. Must be fun to live in your narrow-minded hate filled world. Everything is black or white to you. I hate what Bush has done, getting thousands of US service people killed and injuredalong with thousands more innocent Iraqis over a lie, not Bush himself. His policies have been a disaster! Sooner or later, all that he has done will come out. History will not be kind to George W. Bush. Have fun complaining for the next 4-8 years. You neocons are being pushed aside into the background where you belong!— James TL
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