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12-16-2008, 03:36 AM | #1 |
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Bush dodges a shoe attack!!
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Apparently the guy who tossed the shoes is a hero in some parts of the Arab world. Tossing shoes at someone is a grave insult over there. Means that you're less than the dirt under someone's feet.
He supposed had the crap beaten out of him by police and faces seven years in the jug for "attacking a visiting head of state". I think that's way too over done as a punishment. He ought to get credit for the beating and be sent on his way. It's not like the guy produced a firearm and started blasting or some other violent attack. Most Americans probably did not care too much or did not understand the significance of it. I have read online that quite a few Arabs were curious about the "opinion of Americans". This American was amused by the whole thing. The man did not toss shoes at me personally. I do wish that the US would formulate an exit strategy from Iraq and act upon it with dispatch. We really need to get out of the nation building business, it's destroying what we are and could be. Gene |
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I thought it was funny, but as an American there is a little voice in the back of my head that says the death penalty is too kind for someone that throws a peanut at my president, regardless of how much he pisses me off.
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12-16-2008, 06:54 AM | #4 |
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cue austin powers..
"ow! who throws a shoe?"
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12-16-2008, 07:07 AM | #5 |
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Dude, that Bush, hes got some crazy reflexes.
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12-16-2008, 07:35 AM | #7 |
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I read that some guy is offering 10mil for the shoes that were thrown.
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12-16-2008, 07:44 AM | #8 |
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Whatever your politics- the man "attacked" the President of the United States. Nobody respects this man, please respect the office. What if in 3 and 3/4 years this happens to Obama?
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^^ But not for 7 years.
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12-16-2008, 11:13 AM | #10 |
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Whatever-
Tell me this then... 1 Under Hussein the "news" was distributed by Baghdad Bob and other Information Ministers, to propaganda rags. Would this guy even have a job? 2 He was covering a press conference held under a shiite- led coalition government, which has members of different sects and ethnic backgrounds. Considering Hussein was a sunni, and ruled with an iron fist, fat chance this would have happened. 3 Under Hussein, this man would have been "tried", convicted and executed, along with his entire family and village, just to set an example. No instead we have a man who was given the opportunity to live his life as free as possible in a fledgling democracy, and he goes out and attacks the man and the nation which gave him that freedom. Maybe we should pull out... and maybe they'll be more grateful to the Iranians once that invasion starts |
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Not 7 years?? Are you insane? That ain't shit. Are we talking about the same culture that will cut your hand for steeling or the same culture that will stone you to death for the simplest things? Sure, not 7 years. Crucify the fucker
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12-16-2008, 12:48 PM | #12 |
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George Bush is a prime example of how much harm one man can do not only to a country, but to the entire world.
Sue me, hate me, ban me, whatever. He deserves much more than just a shoe thrown his way. |
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I was honestly surprised that Bush was able to duck both shoes. Especially with the reports that he's been hitting the bottle pretty hard recently. In fact, Bush supposedly cut his face by falling off the couch drunk. This is the same man who CHOKED ON A PRETZEL AND GAVE HIMSELF A BLACK EYE. He is more of a danger to himself than anyone else is. Especially a shoe thrower.
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I admit I was super impressed with Bush's cat-like reflexes. That would have been a direct face hit...
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I would also like to point out that the Iraqi people never asked for our version of freedom, and every poll that has been done from the time of our invasion and throughout our occupation has shown that the Iraqis feel their life was better under Saddam. Much of the country still has spotty or entirely missing basic services (which they had in fairly good order under Saddam), and the Sunni/Shiite issue that Saddam kept under control via tyranny has now fomented and spilled out into the streets. Not a week goes by without some terroristic act between those two factions occurring. Arm them one decade and invade them the next... no wonder no one trusts us, and no wonder at least one Iraqi found it prudent to let our President know that he is not happy with him.
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Wow, some srus bzns in hurr.
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