Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush

[lurker]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/28223089#28223089

Too bad he didn't have great aim.

[Darrin]

Wow. Bush ducked quickly!

This is obviously a cry for freedom. He's so hated and I hate this policy so much. We've done damage in the international community. Now they crave their independence. I crave for this to be over. It's so difficult to say I once supported this man and it's harder to be an American today because of this.

[baseline bum]

Isn't that considered a huge insult in the Islamic world to get hit by a shoe? I remember when that Saddam statue was pulled down, everyone was beating it with their shoes.

[Darrin]

Isn't that considered a huge insult in the Islamic world to get hit by a shoe? I remember when that Saddam statue was pulled down, everyone was beating it with their shoes.

He will spend the rest of his life in a holding cell. No one sane does that just for the sake of infamy.

[baseline bum]

He will spend the rest of his life in a holding cell. No one sane does that just for the sake of infamy.

I see waterboarding in his future.

[Darrin]

I see waterboarding in his future.

Guantanamo Bay. Or at least someone in the administration calling him a terrorist.

[SnakeBoy]

This is obviously a cry for freedom.

Yeah, the reporter must really miss the good old days under Saddam. Now they are so oppressed under the imperialist american dogs.

I don't remember the name of the guy who threw shoes at Saddam but I did find a picture of him..
http://www.kitchenproject.com/german/recipes/leberkaese/Michael/333/Grind.jpg

[balli]

:tu

[lurker]

The journalist that did it was kidnapped and beaten a few weeks ago.

BAGHDAD, Nov 19 (Reuters) - An Iraqi TV journalist who was kidnapped last week in a busy Baghdad neighbourhood said he was released unharmed before dawn on Monday. Muntazer al-Zaidi, a correspondent for the independent al- Baghdadiya television station, said he spent more than two days blindfolded, barely eating and drinking, after armed men forced him into a car as he walked to work on Friday morning in the bustling Bab al-Sharji area of central Baghdad. "My release is a miracle. I couldn't believe I was still alive," Zaidi, 28, told Reuters by telephone. Zaidi said the kidnappers had beaten him until he lost consciousness. They used his necktie to blindfold him and bound his hands with his shoelaces. He never learned the identity of the kidnappers, who questioned him closely about his work but did not demand a ransom. The captors later told Zaidi he would be released, throwing him on to a dark street, still blindfolded, around 3 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Monday. He was then picked up by his brother.

[Kamnik]

That reporter has BALLS.

Powerful statement...





It was funny to see it though.. good shot and a good duck! :P

[Buddy Holly]

I dislike our current President but that would have been some funny ish if the President had caught both of the shoes and threw them back.

[Anti.Hero]

LOL


good times.

[Yonivore]

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Only the small-minded consider this an embarrasment for the President. There hasn't been a president alive who hasn't had someone try, or succeed, in some stunt like this. He stood up there an continued the press conference. Even waived off his lead Secret Service agent who wanted to extract him. Someone in here says the reporter had balls...hell, this President has demonstrated his courage for 8 years.

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[George Gervin's Afro]

PX3aaWlUmpc

Only the small-minded consider this an embarrasment for the President. There hasn't been a president alive who hasn't had someone try, or succeed, in some stunt like this. He stood up there an continued the press conference. Even waived off his lead Secret Service agent who wanted to extract him. Someone in here says the reporter had balls...hell, this President has demonstrated his courage for 8 years.

_wrChJjpFVc

Maybe this guy wants to tell his grandchildren that he threw a shoe at someone on Mt Rushmore.

[ChumpDumper]

Only the small-minded consider this an embarrasment for the President.True. Bush's ineptitude in his handling of the invasion and occupation of Iraq is embarrassment enough.

[ElNono]

Only the small-minded consider this an embarrasment for the President. There hasn't been a president alive who hasn't had someone try, or succeed, in some stunt like this. He stood up there an continued the press conference. Even waived off his lead Secret Service agent who wanted to extract him. Someone in here says the reporter had balls...hell, this President has demonstrated his courage for 8 years.

It's a lot easier to have courage when you have a metal detector outside and the secret service all around you...
I'm surprised the journalist wasn't gunned down on sight...

[SnakeBoy]

Only the small-minded consider this an embarrasment for the President. There hasn't been a president alive who hasn't had someone try, or succeed, in some stunt like this.

Good point. If this is a small embarrasment for Bush then getting shot in the head must have been really embarrasing for Kennedy.

[George Gervin's Afro]

Good point. If this is a small embarrasment for Bush then getting shot in the head must have been really embarrasing for Kennedy.

stay classy san diego

[SnakeBoy]

stay classy san diego

Always

[Yonivore]

It's a lot easier to have courage when you have a metal detector outside and the secret service all around you...
I think it's a lot harder when you think you're insulated and something like this happens. After all, who would go to the trouble of getting into the press conference (with ill intent) only to do something non-lethal?


I'm surprised the journalist wasn't gunned down on sight...
I'm not. And, frankly, I'd be surprised if President Bush doesn't ask the Iraqi police to be lenient.

[ChumpDumper]

I think it's a lot harder when you think you're insulated and something like this happens. After all, who would go to the trouble of getting into the press conference (with ill intent) only to do something non-lethal?That guy.



I'm not. And, frankly, I'd be surprised if President Bush doesn't ask the Iraqi police to be lenient.He'd be stupid not to, so we shouldn't completely count that out.

[Last Comic Standing]

That man should run for office!




































he'd be a Shoe-in!

[Buddy Holly]

I think it's a lot harder when you think you're insulated and something like this happens.

Yeah, brave dude for staying after some attention whore threw shoes at him. Fuck, give the man a medal of honor.

Why do I get the feeling your responses would be the same had the reporter used a straw and gone rambo with spit balls?



I'm not. And, frankly, I'd be surprised if President Bush doesn't ask the Iraqi police to be lenient.

What a hero.

[Buddy Holly]

Maybe Bush learned from the ultimate hero?

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[sook]

Maybe Bush learned from the ultimate hero?

9C4UvvHMoZs

:lmao:rollin:lol

[Yonivore]

A DAMNING COMMENT ON OUR POLITICAL DISCOURSE (http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/closing_guantanamo.php):


“The single best thing about the election of Obama,” he says, “may be that we now have a chance to view the terror threat without the distorting lens of Bush hatred.”
Indeed.

[mouse]

So let me get this correct. Someone tosses an old smelly shoe at bush and he moves out of the way like a young boxer in the ring, but when our nation is under attack, he sits a classroom and reads a book?

[ElNono]

I think it's a lot harder when you think you're insulated and something like this happens. After all, who would go to the trouble of getting into the press conference (with ill intent) only to do something non-lethal?

He was sending a message. Most everybody got it. Obviously you didn't.

[Yonivore]

He was sending a message. Most everybody got it. Obviously you didn't.
That he was upset? No, I got it. What's your point?

My understanding is this particular "Journalist" was recently released after being kidnapped and beaten or tortured for a number of weeks. It could be he blames his kidnapping on Bush, or the war, or some other iteration of the argument that puts the blame on our President. I get that. He's the hero of Keith Olbermans and Helen Thomases the world over. I get it.

What you don't get is that there were other Iraqis in the room that don't share his sentiment. In fact, he was outnumbered by quite a bit.

[Yonivore]

Here's another important point you're missing:

Roger Simon (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081214183648.9zmc87b1&show_article=1):


“But more importantly and more apposite to today’s event was that other, oft forgotten, reason Bush went to war in Iraq - that the only way to bring true peace to the Middle East would be through democracy. He wanted to spread the democratic system preemptively. A lot of people have sneered at that idea lately, but while they were sneering Iraq has inched forward toward a democracy. It’s even turning into a (somewhat) decent place to live. That buffoon-like shoe chucker - his name is Muntazer al-Zaidi from Al-Baghdadia channel which broadcasts from Cairo - proved it. No matter what happens to al-Zaidi now (and it won’t be much if anything), it will be nothing like what would have happened to him if he had hurled a shoe at the president during the previous Iraqi administration of Saddam Hussein.”
Indeed.

[SnakeBoy]

No matter what happens to al-Zaidi now (and it won’t be much if anything), it will be nothing like what would have happened to him if he had hurled a shoe at the president during the previous Iraqi administration of Saddam Hussein.”

That's exactly what I said in my first post. I guess there's a reason I'm not a journalist.

[ChumpDumper]

that other, oft forgotten, reason Bush went to war in Iraq...forgotten because Bush never brought it up until after the invasion.

WMDs.

Newkular weapons.

Mushroom clouds.

[ElNono]

That he was upset? No, I got it. What's your point?

My understanding is this particular "Journalist" was recently released after being kidnapped and beaten or tortured for a number of weeks. It could be he blames his kidnapping on Bush, or the war, or some other iteration of the argument that puts the blame on our President. I get that. He's the hero of Keith Olbermans and Helen Thomases the world over. I get it.

What you don't get is that there were other Iraqis in the room that don't share his sentiment. In fact, he was outnumbered by quite a bit.

How many journalists that side with Al Sadr you think were at that news conference? We paid off entire tribes, how much you think it cost to pay off a few journalists? Please. If there's anything in this incident that's embarrassing is the poor job done by the secret service to screen out this guy out of the news conference. Or do you think just any journalist walks into these news conferences? Don't be naive.

[ChumpDumper]

It's official, we went to war because George W. Bush is a nicer guy than Saddam Hussein.

[Slydragon]

Video Game style

http://i36.tinypic.com/i76j39.gif

[Yonivore]

How many journalists that side with Al Sadr you think were at that news conference?
At least one.

[exstatic]

Shrub needs to get used to it. There'll probably be a few clogs chucked his way on his book tour and tortured speaking tours.

[SnakeBoy]

If there's anything in this incident that's embarrassing is the poor job done by the secret service to screen out this guy out of the news conference.

They can't foresee every possiblity. Rest assured, no shoes at Obama press conferences.

[The Reckoning]

Video Game style

http://i36.tinypic.com/i76j39.gif


sig worthy :smokin

[BlackSwordsMan]

too bad it wasn't a bullet

[Ignignokt]

too bad it wasn't a bullet

:lmao.

You're a deeply hurt idiot. Stay out of politics, downs people have to much anger to discuss such things.

[baseline bum]

:lmao.

You're a deeply hurt idiot. Stay out of politics, downs people have to much anger to discuss such things.

Are you related to ducks?

[Ignignokt]

Are you related to ducks?

One stupid question deserves another.

Are you for presidential assinations?

[baseline bum]

Yep, you must be.

[Def Rowe]

Priceless.

[timvp]

That was some pretty damn fast reflexes.

Bush is a better athlete than Obama.

:stirpot:

[byrontx]

Too bad the Iraqi did not have the other shoe in his left hand ready to go. He would have got him.

[I Love Me Some Me]

That dude missed point blank.

[TDMVPDPOY]

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[RobinsontoDuncan]

That he was upset? No, I got it. What's your point?

My understanding is this particular "Journalist" was recently released after being kidnapped and beaten or tortured for a number of weeks. It could be he blames his kidnapping on Bush, or the war, or some other iteration of the argument that puts the blame on our President. I get that. He's the hero of Keith Olbermans and Helen Thomases the world over. I get it.

What you don't get is that there were other Iraqis in the room that don't share his sentiment. In fact, he was outnumbered by quite a bit.

Too bad you can't say that for sure. Not only does poll after poll say that the Iraqi people want us out of their country, they also have plenty of reason to hate us.

For instance... Abu Gahrib, Blackwater shooting spree, American soldiers rape 15 y/o and kill family, 130,000 + have died since the invasion, rendition, Gitmo, etc.

Somehow, after all of that, I have a feeling the Iraqis are somewhat justified in not being to fond of mr. Bush.

[DarrinS]

Too bad you can't say that for sure. Not only does poll after poll say that the Iraqi people want us out of their country, they also have plenty of reason to hate us.

For instance... Abu Gahrib, Blackwater shooting spree, American soldiers rape 15 y/o and kill family, 130,000 + have died since the invasion, rendition, Gitmo, etc.

Somehow, after all of that, I have a feeling the Iraqis are somewhat justified in not being to fond of mr. Bush.


Saddam would've repaid this shoe-throwing man by putting him one of these.

That, or an acid bath.

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[Darrin]

The journalist that did it was kidnapped and beaten a few weeks ago.

BAGHDAD, Nov 19 (Reuters) - An Iraqi TV journalist who was kidnapped last week in a busy Baghdad neighbourhood said he was released unharmed before dawn on Monday. Muntazer al-Zaidi, a correspondent for the independent al- Baghdadiya television station, said he spent more than two days blindfolded, barely eating and drinking, after armed men forced him into a car as he walked to work on Friday morning in the bustling Bab al-Sharji area of central Baghdad. "My release is a miracle. I couldn't believe I was still alive," Zaidi, 28, told Reuters by telephone. Zaidi said the kidnappers had beaten him until he lost consciousness. They used his necktie to blindfold him and bound his hands with his shoelaces. He never learned the identity of the kidnappers, who questioned him closely about his work but did not demand a ransom. The captors later told Zaidi he would be released, throwing him on to a dark street, still blindfolded, around 3 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Monday. He was then picked up by his brother.

How sad. At least he got to tell his story.

[Darrin]

Yeah, the reporter must really miss the good old days under Saddam. Now they are so oppressed under the imperialist american dogs.

I don't remember the name of the guy who threw shoes at Saddam but I did find a picture of him..
http://www.kitchenproject.com/german/recipes/leberkaese/Michael/333/Grind.jpg

Six of one...

http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00148/abu_ghraib__mishand_148527c.jpg
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/b/bf/AbuGhraibDogs03.jpg

Where's the UN resolutions against that? The sanctions against the United States six years after it happened?

We abused our power because we could and we were pissed off about 9/11. We destabilized the region in the name of Freedom. We started wars over less.

[Yonivore]

Six of one...

http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00148/abu_ghraib__mishand_148527c.jpg
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/b/bf/AbuGhraibDogs03.jpg

Where's the UN resolutions against that? The sanctions against the United States six years after it happened?
None needed, we brought the offenders of Abu Ghraib to justice. And, by the way, it looks to me like that person is suturing the wound...and that the prisoner's face is hidden to prevent further humiliation. Not discounting the possible method in which the wound was inflicted -- and you didn't say, it's still better treatment that would have been had under Saddam Hussein.

That young (possibly a medic) may have just been giving a thumbs up to the folks back home. And, being a medic who had probably seen much worse, she may not have considered the context of the photo background. How do we know otherwise?


We abused our power because we could and we were pissed off about 9/11. We destabilized the region in the name of Freedom. We started wars over less.
Some abused the power and were brought to justice. The region was already unstable.

[hater]

So let me get this correct. Someone tosses an old smelly shoe at bush and he moves out of the way like a young boxer in the ring, but when our nation is under attack, he sits a classroom and reads a book?

a snake is fast when attacked

[Ignignokt]

Yep, you must be.

boutons must be your father.

[spurster]

He was just greeting Bush as one of his liberators.

[TheMACHINE]

Although i dont agree with Bush's agendas or decision...that was disrespectful and un-called for. That reporter should thanks his lucky stars that he can get away with that crap and not be killed on site.

[Yonivore]

Although i dont agree with Bush's agendas or decision...that was disrespectful and un-called for. That reporter should thanks his lucky stars that he can get away with that crap and not be killed on site.
What's ironic is that it was Bush's liberation of Iraq that gave him the freedom to protest and not die.

[ChumpDumper]

What's ironic is that Bush's liberation of Iraq allowed him to be kidnapped and beaten.

[doobs]

What's ironic is that Bush's liberation of Iraq allowed him to be kidnapped and beaten.

People didn't get kidnapped or beaten under Saddam?

[TheMACHINE]

People didn't get kidnapped or beaten under Saddam?

no they go straight to torture and death. But chumperdump rather have that and no freedom.

[Yonivore]

People didn't get kidnapped or beaten under Saddam?

Not that we know of...after all, who knows what happened between their kidnapping and the time their parts were dropped off at their relatives house in garbage bags. Well, those that didn't just disappear altogether...and forever.

[Wild Cobra]

So let me get this correct. Someone tosses an old smelly shoe at bush and he moves out of the way like a young boxer in the ring, but when our nation is under attack, he sits a classroom and reads a book?
You are so fucking libtarded.

Watch Fahrenhype 9/11 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427228/) and reconsider what you propogate as nonsense before repeating it again.

[Wild Cobra]

The principal's account of that day started at 0:25 into Farenhype 9/11:

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[ChumpDumper]

no they go straight to torture and death. But chumperdump rather have that and no freedom.So now it's all about freeing people.

So why aren't we invading China, Burma, North Korea or several countries in Africa?

That's right, you only wear the white hat when it's convenient.

[ChumpDumper]

People didn't get kidnapped or beaten under Saddam?But it wasn't ironic.

[RobinsontoDuncan]

I think the problem is that Americans have a fucked up notion of freedom.

Freedom is anything the United States does according to Yoni.

In Iraq freedom means bombs, torture, social unrest, no electricity, and chaos.

Life expectancy has dropped in Iraq since we have arrived, I don't think that's a positive reflection on our comparative difference to Saddam Hussein.

I think what all of you are missing is, it doesn't seem to matter who tortured this reporter, he was pretty pissed off that it happened. It just so happened to be Bush that sanctioned coercive interrogation in Iraq, so I think he put the blame where it belonged.

[DarkReign]

I find it disturbing that our benchmark for personal liberty/freedom in Iraq starts and ends with Sadaam Hussein.

Thats not a starting point, its not even on the ladder of ascension.

Bottomline: some guy threw his shoes at President Bush. With cat-like reflexes, he dodged it. Unfortunate story is the reporter was supposedly kidnapped and beaten/starved. He was pissed and it would seem he placed the blame for that ordeal with America/Mr Bush in particular.

Is he right for doing so? I am not sure. No details of his abduction have been revealed so far, but it doesnt sound like he was kidnapped by Americans or that even the questions asked of him concerned his reporting on American occupation (or at least, no story has said so).

All in all, this is a big whoopty-doo. Bush got to show off his reflexes and homeboy got to throw his shoes, black-woman-style.

[TheMACHINE]

We know two things Bush can do well.

1) Dodge Shoes

2) Throw a baseball

[TheMACHINE]

So now it's all about freeing people.

So why aren't we invading China, Burma, North Korea or several countries in Africa?

That's right, you only wear the white hat when it's convenient.

what you call convience, I call priorities.

Im not even gonna waste time with your liberal ass. Plain and simple...you blame Bush for him being kidnapped and beaten. You're just like me Ex-wife, she crashes the car...and blames the dealer for selling her it.

[clambake]

what you call convience, I call priorities.

Im not even gonna waste time with your liberal ass. Plain and simple...you blame Bush for him being kidnapped and beaten. You're just like me Ex-wife, she crashes the car...and blames the dealer for selling her it.

yikes. i know what day she considers the best day of her life.

[ChumpDumper]

what you call convience, I call priorities.So if it's your priority, why are you not busy overthrowing dictatorships around the world.

You're all talk.

Im not even gonna waste time with your liberal ass. Plain and simple...you blame Bush for him being kidnapped and beaten. You're just like me Ex-wife, she crashes the car...and blames the dealer for selling her it.[/QUOTE]I don't blame Bush for his getting kidnapped, but his actions and lack thereof sure created the present conditions in Iraq. You'd be an idiot to argue otherwise.

Don't blame me for failing in marriage.

[baseline bum]

yikes. i know what day she considers the best day of her life.

:lmao

[George Gervin's Afro]

what you call convience, I call priorities.

Im not even gonna waste time with your liberal ass. Plain and simple...you blame Bush for him being kidnapped and beaten. You're just like me Ex-wife, she crashes the car...and blames the dealer for selling her it.

maybe he blames bush for his family members that were liberated, i mean killed..your just like the conservative posters on this board who still try and justify this unecessary war

[spurster]

He really meant to throw flowers.

[Yonivore]

maybe he blames bush for his family members that were liberated, i mean killed..your just like the conservative posters on this board who still try and justify this unecessary war

Why is Obama back-pedalling on every "end-the-war-in-Iraq-close-Gitmo-end-eavesdropping" promise he made during the campaign? And, he ain't even in office yet.

I'll tell you why. He's finally been exposed to facts unfiltered by the liberal press and idiots like you.

[mouse]

You are so fucking libtarded.

Watch Fahrenhype 9/11 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427228/) and reconsider what you propogate as nonsense before repeating it again.


So your saying if I agree with you 24/7 ,put on my Sean Hannity Pjs, and set up a webcam so you can see me give Bush two Thumbs up :tu :tu
every time I see his name, then maybe you and i can be tight, like friends and shit?

[George Gervin's Afro]

Why is Obama back-pedalling on every "end-the-war-in-Iraq-close-Gitmo-end-eavesdropping" promise he made during the campaign? And, he ain't even in office yet.

I'll tell you why. He's finally been exposed to facts unfiltered by the liberal press and idiots like you.

ok yoni 'mt rushmore'vore.... let's hope obama doesn't rush off and start another unecessary war...

hey chickenhawk why don't we wait until he takes office before we proclaim he's back peddling..ok smart guy?

aren't you still tying to pin obama to blageovich? how's that coming along?

[Yonivore]

ok yoni 'mt rushmore'vore.... let's hope obama doesn't rush off and start another unecessary war...
Ever thought you might be wrong and that the Chief Executive just might be privvy to information you're not? Could be why Obama, who spoke like you post, is changing his stance.

Or, is he just another Bush stooge?

[TheMACHINE]

Don't blame me for failing in marriage.

no..i'll be like you liberal pussies and blame the government for everything.

[TheMACHINE]

yikes. i know what day she considers the best day of her life.


since she loves the Warriors, it must have been when they got to the 2nd round 2 years ago.

[Jimmy Bobby]

This is an outrage.

That raghead should be EXECUTED for attacking our President!

It was Bush who brought Freedom and Democracy to Iraq!

Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity are right: this pseudo-assassination is an outrage!

[Wild Cobra]

Why is Obama back-pedalling on every "end-the-war-in-Iraq-close-Gitmo-end-eavesdropping" promise he made during the campaign? And, he ain't even in office yet.

I'll tell you why. He's finally been exposed to facts unfiltered by the liberal press and idiots like you.
I believe I said that could happen either before the primaries, or during the primaries. Being exposed to the classified material I was during my supporting of the JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff) in the military changed some of my world view thinking.

[MannyIsGod]

1. WTF SECRET SERVICE???

2. Those reflexes (and gifs) are bad ass.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

http://www.perfil.com/export/sites/diarioperfil/img/2008/sociedad/1216_bush_468.jpg_687088226.jpg

[George Gervin's Afro]

no..i'll be like you liberal pussies and blame the government for everything.

like a conservative pussy blames libs for everything?

[DarkReign]

like a conservative pussy blames libs for everything?

Touché