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Iraqi Journalist attacks Pres Bush with Shoes
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You don't get a much clearer political statement than that.
Omg...you don't throw shoes at the most powerful person in the world. Especially a guy who legalized torture, secret prisons, suspension of habeus corpus, and rendition. That dude will never be seen again. Some people need to learn that there are some people that you just don't **** with.
myusername
Brown Belt
Nothing like a good old bit of impartial journalism!
Put it in cultural perspective.
He -really- insulted Bush.
Remember, when Sadams statues fell, they beat them with shoes.
LOL!
He -really- insulted Bush.
Remember, when Sadams statues fell, they beat them with shoes.
LOL!
Twin Fist
Grandmaster
you can lead a country to civilazation, but you cant make them not be jerks
Gordon Nore
Senior Master
I thought the mission was to oust Sadam, find the WMDs, and restore democracy. Nobody said anything about civilizing anybody.
I betcha the bombs in the shoes didn't go off when they were supposed to and the journalist was frustrated and tossed them.
Dubya ducked pretty good though. Twice heh
Dubya ducked pretty good though. Twice heh
grydth
Senior Master
What a repugnant, disgusting and dangerous act by that "journalist".
Who put him in charge of Iraqi foreign policy?
That opinion would not change if a different President had been the target.
This violent act easily could have been mistaken as an assassination attempt by an agent who didn't clearly see what was being thrown. Had just one agent opened fire, innocent people could have died.
I don't care how much this jackass disliked President Bush... he should have used his pen, his keyboard to express that.
Who put him in charge of Iraqi foreign policy?
That opinion would not change if a different President had been the target.
This violent act easily could have been mistaken as an assassination attempt by an agent who didn't clearly see what was being thrown. Had just one agent opened fire, innocent people could have died.
I don't care how much this jackass disliked President Bush... he should have used his pen, his keyboard to express that.
myusername
Brown Belt
Dubya ducked pretty good though. Twice heh
Bugger! Where are the three legged Iraqi Journalists when you need them!
This is I think the crucial point: doing that could have gone horrifically sideways, with many innocent lives put at risk. As Grydth says, challenge away, the more sharply the betterthat's an important part of journalismbut do it sanely.
CoryKS
Senior Master
Sure he wasn't from the NYT?
Gordon Nore
Senior Master
I think that point, on it's own, is a valid one. In doing that the journalist showed no regard for the safety of others in the room.
As for sanity among journalists :deadhorse
It is a testament to the eyes and control of the SS that they did not start whipping out their weapons and such. They saw it was a shoe and that the President wasn't struck. Still they should've been able to stop the second shoe from being even thrown or at least stand in the way of it. I know they're supposed to catch bullets for the Prez but maybe they're not trained on catching shoes...
Kinda makes me wonder how well will they defend Obama? Oh of course they will I shouldn't doubt it.
Kinda makes me wonder how well will they defend Obama? Oh of course they will I shouldn't doubt it.
As long as he stays out of Dallas, he should be fine.....
Or a hotel kitchen in Chicago? Or a theater in Washington D.C. ? Or how about a train station or an Exposition? Or even a 2nd floor Motel Room?
Heh, if that had happened in the U.S. he would've been buried beneath so many Secret Service agents that he could be buried in a large flat mailing envelope. I remember when Ronald Reagan was shot...security people teleported in from nowhere to form the World's Largest Scrum.
Gordon Nore
Senior Master
Time was, a good Secret Service man would take a shoe for his President. Those days are gone.
In days gone by, the mere sight of all the security would have made many with bad intentions shoo.
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