Posted on 12/14/2008 12:29:40 PM PST by tomymind
BAGHDAD (AFP) — An Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes and an insult at George W. Bush, without hitting him, as the US president was shaking hands with the Iraqi premier at his Baghdad office on Sunday.
As the two leaders met in Nuri al-Maliki's private office, a journalist sitting in the third row jumped up, shouting: "It is the farewell kiss, you dog," and threw his shoes one after the other towards Bush.
Maliki made a protective gesture towards the US president, who ducked and was not hit.
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That photo should be nominated for a Pulitzer prize.
“...but we need to be respectful to Obama...”
I’ll show Obama the same respect the Dems showed Geroge Bush.
That is the deal Germany got after WWI, and it led directly to WWII. The trick is to make them howl in absolute misery during the war, and help them to their feet after it. George Marshall understood that, but then he never dealt with Muslims I guess.
Trying to supplant a 1500 year old theocratic dictatorship mindset with 20th century style democracy is a tall order....
The minority Sunnis had ruled over majority Shiites for decades. The Sunni insurgents had been trying to reestablish that rule. The Shiite insurgents would have kicked their butts over the long run, resulting in a Sunni/Shiite civil war that would have drawn the entire region in.
Perhaps our stopping that was not a good thing. It would have killed most of the radicals on either side over time.
Last Thanksgiving I went all the way to Milwaukee, where six German relatives were present who had flown over from the old country, and I had to listen to three disgusting hours of European Bush Derangement Syndrome. One old cousin stated that he had read where Airforce 1 had flown into Ohio in 2004 and picked up ALL of the voting machines in Ohio. My mother's sister, to her credit, finally got pissed off enough to tell the old fool that he probably would have believed anything Hitler said also.
Anyway, to make a long story short, when my turn came to say what I was thankful for, I said that I was thankful for Adolf Hitler. THAT brought absolute silence and some facial expressions which you might see on people watching an imminent train wreck.
I said that if Hitler hadn't started World War Two, my grandparents wouldn't have been bombed out of their home, they wouldn't have become displaced persons, they wouldn't have then emigrated to the United Staes, and I might still be a goddamned European.
It was pretty tense turkey after that.
Wow. What a response.
My niece’s German citizen fiance sat down at her father’s dinner table and began knocking Bush and the US. My brother, his father in-law to-be, told her fiance that he wasn’t welcome at his table. They married and moved to Germany. Buh-bye.
Apparently this journalist worked for the Butcher and unlike his opponents he escapes with his life with the “insult.”
The minority Sunnis had ruled over majority Shiites for decades. The Sunni insurgents had been trying to reestablish that rule. The Shiite insurgents would have kicked their butts over the long run, resulting in a Sunni/Shiite civil war that would have drawn the entire region in.
Perhaps our stopping that was not a good thing. It would have killed most of the radicals on either side over time.
LOL!!!
I'm sure the president never dreamed that this is how it all would end; dodging shoes in a lame, meaningless press conference.
My mother used to furiously spank us with her shoe- she wore deerskin moccasins with no sole- the trick was not to laugh because if you did she would get something more substantial to spank you with. I can still see her acting like she was wailing the tar out of us- with that moccasin.
After action report:
Probably over 1,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines packed the palace and stood for a couple hours (lots arrived way early to make sure they could get in).
The 4th Infantry Division had some band members there playing some great tunes and even doing vocals. Support folks had chow, snacks and beverages laid out for the crowd.
People were packed in like sardines. The backdrop for the stage was a gigantic flag that reached all the way to the ceiling, maybe about 70 feet.
General Odierno introduced the President. Started with, “Someone wanted to come see you to say goodbye, and to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays...”
The troops were jazzed and very energetic, though this was about 2200 at the end of a, no doubt, very long day for everyone.
A great cheer went up when he took the stage. The President talked about the early decisions to go into the war, UN resolutions, the success of the Coalition. He talked about the dark days during ‘04-’05, and the ultimate success of the surge. Many compliments for the unprecedented successes of the military. The troops broke in several times with applause and “Hooahs!”.
Two things stood out. The first was when he said its sometimes hard to understand you’re making history when you’re in the middle of the action. Second, he said he was ordering everyone, as Commander In Chief, to call their families when “y’all get out of here tonight” and tell them “the Commander in Chief says ‘thank you’” for all the sacrifices made.
He spoke about the losses and injuries to friends and loved ones, and how the troops would someday be thought of in the same way as those who were in Normandy, Verdun, Korea and elsewhere.
He was very comfortable with the troops and talked about what he would miss most not being President which was not being CiC. Afterwards, he stayed for a bit and shook hands and signed autographs. This one was just for the troops - no civilians or contractors or TCNs, just our soldiers, airmen, sailors and marines. It was clearly a great morale booster.
Kit
220 posted on Sunday, December 14, 2008
I am shocked that the Secret Service didn’t tackle this guy before the second shoe- WOW is all I can say about that. I’m sure they have a double tough job because they have to judge their reaction based on perceived threat in a split second but you would think they would have gone over a scenerio of what to do if people throw things at the president- probably not specifically a shoe scenerio- but I would think objects thrown would have a plan.
I would have paid money to come to that dinner table! God bless your brother!! (and you, too)
The ugly dog should have been shot in the chest or head, if not before releasing the first shoe, then certainly before he let the second one fly. He should have been dead before he hit the ground.
And here’s what all of those hairy sand monkeys can kiss: and it’s not my shoe.
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