Iraqi People Throw Shoes At W

It's been explained to me that showing someone "the sole of the shoe" is the worst insult in the Arabic world. So this was really a symbolic form of extreme insult, perhaps the equivalent of a vituperous swearing tirade of insults.

So I rather suspect the journo was never going to be there to ask questions, take notes and report. And no doubt he would have been relieved of any armament at the outer door. So he was clever, and devised his own "improvised weapon". Pity his throwing arm was a bit girly though!

Frankly, I really would have liked to have seen one of the Iraqi Julius Marlowes bounce off Bush's noggin! After all he has done for the region, it's the best thing he should receive by way of thanks and a parting gift as the door hits his arse.
 
CFLarsen said:
American people blow up FBI building.

Just as accurate.
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Wow. I finally agree with a Larsen post on political/social issues.

Something to note for world politics:

--If you're from Europe or America, you're an individual with rights.
--If you're from North Korea, Iraq, Iran, or anywhere the U.S. doesn't like, you're just part of the crowd and have no individuality.

Glad to see that we're helping some of the dictators do their jobs for them.
 
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Should have learned from us westerners and used a nice, gooey pie from close range.
 
While I do think that Bush is the worst President in my lifetime, I have to give him credit for his evasion ability and reaction time! It looked like he was about to laugh right after the first shoe went by!

Fordama
 
Had Iraq adopted the National Pastime, the aim would have been better!
 
Agreeing with Larsen is enough to make a post.

But

Claus, it was the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, not "the FBI building." I know you meant well with that.

Summary from Wiki:
By the 1990s, the building contained regional offices for the Social Security Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). The building also contained recruiting offices for both the Army and the Marine Corps. It housed approximately 550 employees. In May 1994, the General Accounting Office recommended the removal of the day care center from the building.
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It is thought that the ATF was the significant target of McVeigh, due to the Waco Koresh thing.

DR
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I Ratant said:
Had Iraq adopted the National Pastime, the aim would have been better!
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I dunno, the first shoe looked dead-on, the second was maybe a little high...

Bush is surprisingly spry given that he looks like he's aged 25 years during the past 8.
 
The Central Scrutinizer said:
Which one?
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:hb:

What happened here was that one Iraqi journalist threw a shoe at George W. Bush. You put as the title, "Iraqi People Throw Shoes," implying that that one Iraqi journalist was not acting as an individual with his own personal convictions, but acting as a representative of an entire race.

He was highlighting your perceived bigotry with an equally outlandish statement.
He (the poster) was being sarcastic.
 
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