Shoes Thrown at Bush while in Iraq

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Brad

#1 December 14, 2008, 08:47:00 pm

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A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference.

An Iraqi journalist was wrestled to the floor by security guards after he called Mr Bush "a dog" and threw his footwear, just missing the president.

The soles of shoes are considered the ultimate insult in Arab culture.

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Anybody have any thoughts on this?

I thought it was pretty funny and random.

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Seawed

#2 December 14, 2008, 10:27:13 pm

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I know right. Damn, he has better reflexes than I thought.

The guy really came off horribly though. Not only is he getting in trouble for a bad assault on camera. He also failed said bad assault very terribly.

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GaZZwa

#3 December 14, 2008, 10:55:54 pm

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"Who throws a shoe? Honestly..."

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Kaempfer

#4 December 14, 2008, 11:04:39 pm

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Bush just grins at the guy after he dodges the shoe! Man, what a card he is.

"Heh heh I'm the president can't hit me with a shoe!"

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Melee Master

#5 December 15, 2008, 12:17:39 am

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I want him on my dodgeball team.

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Lars

#6 December 15, 2008, 12:24:38 am

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"heh if you're used to dodging the issues, how hard can it be, dodging a shoe?"

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Yeaster

#7 December 15, 2008, 12:49:35 am

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two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference

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Frisky SKeleton

#8 December 15, 2008, 01:02:39 am

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bush is lucky that guy throws like a girl, how far was that, two feet?

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Ryan

#9 December 15, 2008, 01:04:05 am

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take that george monkeyface bu$h..

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ase

#10 December 15, 2008, 01:06:14 am

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That Was Me. I Threw The Shoe. I'm The ShoeChucker.

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Shadow Kirby

#11 December 15, 2008, 02:29:01 am

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It's shoe terrorism.

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helter skelter

#12 December 15, 2008, 02:53:20 am

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Shoe bombs.

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#13 December 15, 2008, 03:01:11 am

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Remember when bill gates got hit in the face with a pie? I wanna see president bus get pied

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Frisky SKeleton

#14 December 15, 2008, 03:13:44 am

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George Bush has a Debt to the Iraqi People Maybe This will Help him 'Foot' the bill.

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Brad

#15 December 15, 2008, 03:16:42 am

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I just thought;

What if those shoes were a knife or something..

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#16 December 15, 2008, 03:16:50 am

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I sincerely hope Obama's security detail is a hell of a lot better then Bush's.

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Shadow Kirby

#17 December 15, 2008, 03:18:46 am

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The shoe terrorist kit: a shoebomb, a shoeknife and a shoephone.

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BlackRaven

#18 December 15, 2008, 03:23:34 am

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Quote from: Brad on December 15, 2008, 03:16:42 am

I just thought;

What if those shoes were a knife or something..

Why stop at that? What if they were a rocket launcher?

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Drevean

#19 December 15, 2008, 03:31:56 am

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Bush would just dodge those too.

In all seriousness though, I'm kinda glad Bush dodged those shoes. He might be a shitty president but he's our president. If those shoes slapped him in the face it'd feel like we all got slapped in the face. I bet a bunch of troops would be pissed off too. Bush has it easy though... Obama is going to be dodging bullets. x_x

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#20 December 15, 2008, 03:40:08 am

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Quote from: Brad on December 15, 2008, 03:16:42 am

I just thought;

What if those shoes were a knife or something..

maybe news reporters go through a metal detector and/or are patted down for weapons prior to being allowed in to news conferences????????

maybe it is much easier to get past security WEARING SHOES like a normal person than it is to idk hide a knife???????

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