Video on YouTube.
From Tianya, “Satisfying! Bush defeated by “two stinky shoes”:
American President George W.Bush suddenly visited Iraq on December 14, and with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signed an American security agreement and a strategy framework agreement between the two countries.
Bush and Maliki rambled on stage about irrelevant things like the ozone layer. Who did not know that Bush’s main purpose for visiting Iraq was to bid farewell, or otherwise basically for no specific reason or task? As a president who is about to leave office, who still hopes for him to do anything? What could he still do at this point?
I don’t know what was in Bush’s mind when he looked at the mess he made of Iraq.
At the point where Bush had finished speaking, an Iraqi journalist suddenly threw two shoes at Bush one after another. The journalist’s shoe throwing was obviously very professional, and from the angle the video was shot, the shoes were flying directly towards Bush’s face. If Bush had not ducked quickly, the image of two shoes hitting Bush’s face definitely would have been a good picture for the whole world to see.
Although Little Bush is over 60, he is still nimble, one after the other he ducked/bowed, and managed to avoid both.
Maybe this “brother” [Bush] had already been reminded by the FBI that going back to Iraq this time, he will come across many signs of defiance/strength, and should be on his guard.
Those who have done things they feel guilty about are all this cautious.
The name of this Iraqi “shoe-thrower” has not yet been revealed, but undoubtedly his two “cannon balls” have given the end of 2008 its most amusing and solemn declaration: No matter how many guns and ammunition Little Bush used to wage war against Iraq, he was defeated by two stinky shoes worn by a journalist with who knows how stinky feet.
This Iraqi journalist, with a style of a national hero, will definitely get admiration from me and the world.
Comments from Tianya:
qwerty_a:
This (news) shows that the democracy of Iraq has been greatly improved.
If any one dared to throw shoes at Saddam, he might have already been fed to the lions.
The United Sates had spent billions of dollars and thousands of human lives to gain the right for Iraqi people to throw shoes. Chinese people’s right for throwing shoes needs to be gained by the Chinese themselves.
公子为：
What was the brand of the shoe he threw at bush? If it was made in China, the U.S. would again say China provided terrorists with weapons.
新几内亚沙子:
Well done! I support him!
Chinese journalists, jia you!
Look how brave the Iraqi journalist is!
I hope Chinese journalists throw dog poo at him [Bush]!
And make a statement for our country!
Muscle bull:
Old man Little Bush was still smiling~ Put another leader in his place and try! [not many other leaders would be able to handle it like Bush did]
风楼007：
It is obvious that old man Bush was sensationalizing, about to leave office with nothing to do other than running to Iraq to let people throw shoes at him? Then telling the world that Iraq is very democratic and strong now that even journalists can throw shoes at the president, and what more it was throwing shoes at the supreme ruler [of Iraq]. He wanted to tell the world that he made war on Iraq was indeed to liberate Iraq, to liberate the Iraqi people. Iraq is still under the foot of the U.S.; does anyone really dare to provoke the supreme ruler???
Bush, you should have told him to throw a tomato, so you could catch it and take a bite.
稀饭饭饭：
In the era of Saddam, the president pounded people with shoes;
When Saddam is gone, the people pound the president with shoes…
This is the difference is, we have to admit.
还有多久天亮:
I saw it too,
Little Bush was nimble;
The journalist’s courage was laudable;
Good job, both!
seawee:
Bush must have seen the Matrix. That skill of avoiding the shoe, an ordinary athlete could not do it. He truly is a great elder athlete…
fool killer:
[Responding to 新几内亚沙子 (Sand of New Guinea)]
Hahaha, Chinese-style crazy mind-fuck. It reminds me of an old story:
An American told a Russian, “There is freedom of speech in our America. I can shout out loud ‘Let’s destroy American Imperialism’ in front of the White House, and the cops definitely do not dare to touch me.”
The Russian was very reluctant to accept what the American had said, so he said, “There is freedom in our Russia as well. I can shout out loud ‘Let’s destroy American Imperialism’ in front of the Kremlin, and the cops definitely do not dare to touch me either.”
The Russian’s freedom is nothing but to say whatever the government allows him to say.
Xiaosan741:
Great! The progress of Iraqi democratization is really fast.
If he threw [shoes] at Saddam, he would immediately be tortured and gruesomely killed.
黑暗即将过去:
Bush should be happy. The society of Iraq is now a bit like America, even if it’s just a little bit.
一汪碧水中：
Handsome kungfu of “小不死” ["xiao bu si" or "small does not die" sounds similar to Little Bush, or Bush Junior]. It looks like the journalist does not have enough kungfu. I suggest he come to China’s Shaolin Temple and train for a few days.
abcxyq:
Billions of dollars exchanged for a pair of shoes. Truly worth it.
公仆偶尔也打手枪:
Let him try hitting dog-fu*ked Saddam, haha
童话里的巫女：
Bush is pretty cute.
我血腥的情人节：
Iraqi people threw shoes at Bush, and a bunch of Chinese people get blindly excited. A bunch of idiots.
方便面001：
I am leaving a comment specifically to praise Bush’s quickness.
再见第五街:
Truly a national hero.
I praise him.
We do not dare to throw shoes at Great Leader Saddam. We love and hold him in that much esteem. Actually, it is mainly because, one, there is no way I could get close to him and, two, if I ever threw shoes (at him), I bet my whole family would vanish from the world.
To Bush the aggressor, I have the courage to throw shoes. He will leave office soon anyway. Even if he wasn’t leaving office, I would only get a couple of days of detention if I threw shoes at him.
See, I love my country so much, I am a patriotic, Iraqi young man who loves my country dearly.
xorn:
Thousands upon thousands dead, an economy that has been set back 20 years, almost all resources plundered clean, religious sects massacring each other = you can throw stinky shoes at an American president that is about to step down.
博客春秋：
There is a kind of people who are simply masochists. You autocratically rule over him, he sings praises all day, shouting loudly that you live ten thousand years.
You give him liberal democracy, treat him as a person, he turns around and feels you are easy to bully/abuse.
This is a common disease of the low class people of magical countries.
眠波枕浪：
I wonder if American citizens will go to the streets to protest/boycott Iraq and Iraqi oil.
心接梅花：
What had been thrown out are shoes, and what is left are democracy and dignity,
Who could dare throw shoes in North Korea and the old Iraq!
水石穿：
This incident has made me feel closer to Bush, that he is very human.
It is very obvious that Little Bush is Republican.
q灯火阑珊处:
The next one will be Obama.
阳台花农：
How many Iraqi people have died?
Almost one million heads have fallen to the ground [died], being able to throw a shoe is nothing.
无限青山：
Bush has pretty good bearing/composure, even this did not upset/anger him.
邹一帆：
Iraqi people now possess the right to throw shoes at the president, although the price they paid is a little big.
Mr. Journalist does not seem to like this kind of right, or how this right was gained,
but he spontaneously and very naturally used this kind of right.
What a tongue-twister…
摸一摸一百多:
Congratulations to the Iraqi people for having rights, and also praises to Bush for being magnanimous/sporting, cute.
时光倒流n 年:
Bush is quick, and his looks are very amusing.
ahlan:
Thank Bush for giving you the freedom to throw shoes at leaders. [repeated 5x]
再见第五街:
[Responding to ahlan]:
This freedom was exchanged for with 4,000 American soldiers’ lives and 600 billion dollars.
爱回1:
He is just an Egyptian “fenqing” [like "angry youth but written as "shit youth"], he cannot represent the Iraqi people.
China’s “fenqing” [also written as "shit youth"] need not cry for Saddam. After the war, the Iraqi people ignored violent reprisals, and went to the voting office three times, insisting on walking the path to democracy, which is what represents the issue most clearly.
2100209:
Traitorous! Whoever dares throw shoes at our Chairman Hu, I will run to bite him.
firefox0713:
When Sarkozy was elected to became president, he was roundly cursed by a little boy. Sarkozy didn’t have much composure, and cursed him back, hehe.
If it was in China, they would have already released the dogs, and he [the little boy] would already be in a mental hospital or have vanished/disappeared.
Bush’s skills, hehe, he can fight one to one. He is much stronger than those who drink milk before going to work.
Note from Fauna: Although not many people like Bush, I think many Chinese netizens will still miss him because he was such a funny man and not many people could be very serious about him.
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This guy isn’t a professional journalist. He should be fired and also legally punished. Whether Bush is liked or not a foreign leader should still be protected from violence and there should be consequences for such actions.
I will miss Bush, he is so cute and funny.
Bye bye, Bush.5555555…….
This journalist may think its a serious humiliation but I don’t think bush was even concerned because western politicians have to endure all kinds of abuse and whatnot especially during election campaign, for example:
http://www.stallonezone.com/090503arniegg.jpg
so its probably just those iraqis and some chinese netizens think its a big deal.
and when Hu Jintao was making speech at whitehouse a woman disrupted him by shouting, Hu simply shrugged off. Politicians must have extreme tolerance, its a professional requirement.
but of course kim jong il is another story.
I’m kind of surprised how so many of the commenters bought in to the rational behind the war.. and a couple even thought the iraqis were ungrateful! What’s next, are they going to start demanding gun rights and staking out abortion clinics?
muslims already have gun rights, albeit its not in the constitution.
That guy should be jailed…..for missing!!
The world has misinterpreted the incident! The shoe-throwing was a nice gesture of gratitude equivalent to greeting the liberator with flowers. But shoes are much much better because they’re more expensive than flowers!
While I don’t agree with Bush on most things I admire the way he handled this matter. The “journalist” needs to be punished for assaulting a leader of state. He’s lucky he wasn’t shot by security. Throwing the shoe was childish and reflects poorly on his people. Too bad Bush didn’t catch the shoe and throw it back.
Why not just laugh it away?
Haha, I like this comment from the original post:
‘Bush and Maliki rambled on stage about irrelevant things like the ozone layer. ‘
Yeah stupid ozone layer who cares
“given the end of 2008 its most amusing and solemn declaration: No matter how many guns and ammunition Little Bush used to wage war against Iraq, he was defeated by two stinky shoes worn by a journalist…”
this is stupid
@Jay
You don’t agree with Bush on most things. But now, you say you admire the way he handled this. At last, you agree with one thing he did, eh?
You said the journalist was childish and in the same breath, lamented that Bush did not childishly grab the shoe and throw it back.
What the hell are you talking about? You don’t seem to even know that you are contradicting yourself. You must be one bloody American whose fat ego has been punctured by your US President, even if he is dumb one, becoming the joke of the century.
Too bad he missed. Would have loved to have seen at least one good, solid hit in the face of that SOB.
Like the shoes that passed overhead of Bush, this story has passed overhead of many of its readers. The fact that this guy has been apprehended and is going through the Iraqi legal process is in itself a positive change for all Iraqi citizens. Although controversial and tragic to certain degrees, Bush has brought some positive change to Iraq.
To my fellow Chinese citizens, your brothers and sisters are doing this everyday…protesting that is. The only difference is that in China, the protesters get carted away, beaten, jailed, and sometimes never heard from again just for throwing shoes at or protesting a government official. So please, laugh at yourself first before you laugh at others.
I don’t care what ppl think about Bush. For a 60 something year old man, that guy has catlike reflexes. He should have been like, “You think my policies stink, you should smell this guy’s shoes!”
heyoooooooooooo
“..sometimes never heard from again just for throwing shoes at or protesting a government official. So please, laugh at yourself first before you laugh at others.”
Yes I’m sure there are people that throw shoes and have never been heard of again…and Chinese people would laugh at that too.
“Chinese people’s right for throwing shoes needs to be gained by the Chinese themselves.” Very funny. On a different note… in a lot of these translations I’m surprised how many of the comments in one way or another yearn for rights or democracy. Assuming these are huge threads being cut down to a few notable comments is it really so prevalent unedited?
This was such a ridiculous clip. I really hope it doesn’t make us further underestimate the fighting abilities of the Iraqis. I do believe however that this is some play on a quote from the Iraqi defense minister. Not quite sure.
@ Miako Tamatsue and Pieman
” … The only difference is that in China, the protesters get carted away, beaten, jailed, and sometimes never heard from again just for throwing shoes at or protesting a government official. So please, laugh at yourself first before you laugh at others.”
Some of them not only laugh at these things happening in China. They are mad at such violation. You need to read all Chinese comments after the original post to hear all voices and don’t miss the metaphor in some translated comments, such as the “Great Leader Saddam” one by 再见第五街(farewell to the 5th street). However, about Bush, as Fauna said, you can’t be too serious since he’s such a funny man :)
@ hehe
“… I’m surprised how many of the comments in one way or another yearn for rights or democracy. Assuming these are huge threads being cut down to a few notable comments is it really so prevalent unedited?”
Don’t be surprised – China is not the same country 20 years ago. People can relatively freely express their political view against the ruling party as long as it doesn’t draw too much attention (especially attention from foreign sources). Anyway, people concern more about whether they can scold their bosses rather than throwing shoes to the president. In US the former is harder but in China it’s the opposite.
As much as I disliked Bush and his foreign policies I don’t think throwing shoes at home would change anything.
It is cheap theatrics and symbolism more than anything to spark the media in broadcasting it.
The journalist was not professional and neutral at all. He is anti-bush, there he should be a political commentator rather than a journalist. It takes people with higher standards and respect to be a reporter. Throwing shoes as a reporter gives some of them a bad name.
Chinese govt wil miss Bush because he was probably very easy to take advantage of, but now Obama is here and now china will not have easy time to take advantage of the US. Bye Bye BUSH! Hello OBAMA!
I too admire his dexterity, he is 62 now and reflexed like a young athlete, I know he does mountain biking regularly, thats who everyone should live their life.
@bossman: Chinese govt wil miss Bush because he was probably very easy to take advantage of…
I agree, republican and communist party are natural friends, and bush is extremely pro-china which is evidenced from his olympics stance, he brought his entire family to china and got a huge welcome, and he and kissenger even spectated a basketball match that was between usa and china. too bad he will step down, I am yet to figure out obama’s leaning but I think his socialism policy might keep both nations in one bag.
Every president since Carter has said one thing about China on the campaign trail, but once they get into office it switches to more of the status quo. Despite all the change rhetoric of the Obama campaign I doubt much will change from Bush, especially in this economic situation.
looks aljazeera isn’t too happy about the democratic Iraqi justice system
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/12/2008121618330140949.html
@ Miako:
Wow, did you read ANY of the translated comments?
If anything, I thought chinaSMACK does a great job of showing just how much the Chinese laugh at themselves.
@ hehe:
I’ve noticed that most of the translated comments on chinaSMACK are taken from the first few pages, and I wouldn’t blame them for not reading through all the hundreds/thousands of comments just to make a post. However, there’s definitely going to be bias based upon what the poster thinks is interesting to translate but I think that’s relatively unavoidable. I wouldn’t hold chinaSMACK to any scientifically rigorous measurement of representation accuracy. Keep in mind though that people posting on the internet themselves tend to be bad representations of the Chinese populace as a whole. Some argue that nationalist fengqing get more play while others argue that the liberal democrats get more play.
@ Pieman:
I hate to potentially derail this comment thread off-topic into American politics but YES, people need to realize that American politics and policies are not dominated by a single guy in the White House. While wielding incredible power and influence, the whole “checks and balances” decentralized power concept behind American government is not just a fancy name. Things may edge to the right or left (or in European eyes, to the far right or center-right), but there is reason to be skeptical of those political doomsayers who say one guy or another is going to spell the end of the world…as we know it. I do hope that Obama will bring change to the United States but I’m also positively certain it won’t be drastic or rapid. It just isn’t legally possible, for better or for worse.
I wonder what will be the reaction of Chinese netcitzen if a Tibetan threw a shoe at Hu Jintao? Would they say, this is their right to protest?
@lee
they would be real mad because even han people don’t have the rights to protest like this. hahaaaa.
@ Peteryang:
LoL, good humorous response.
@ Lee:
Well, your guess is probably as good as anyone’s. For one thing, the Chinese like Hu much more than anyone, including Americans, like Bush. As such, that’ll only make them far less tolerant of other people disrespecting their leader.
That said, it is still reassuring to see some Chinese netizens comprehending and appreciating the freedom of throwing your shoe against a president.
What good are nuclear bombs if you don’t use them?
Saddam would have used them if he had them; Bush has them and didn’t use them. Big mistake.
Now he gets shoes thrown at him.
moral of this story is, civilized nations should leave these mideast freaks alone if not for oil, they have extreme and illogical mentality and appreciate nothing but Kuran. China too has a hard time socializing in the middle east, oil workers get abducted here and there for petty money and none of the cases I know has had no casualty. they kill for fun.
I’ve been tracking chinese netizens’ reactions on popular news sites and forums, majority of them DO actually praise bush’s civility, its really not unusual if you think about it, president of world’s most powerful nation smiled to someone attacking him with shoes like nothing happened, any sensible person would give a thumb-up.
and technically, the journalist was moronic, he literally gave bush a chance to showoff his PR skill, for which bush performed extremely well.
round one:
bush – 1
journalist – 0
thank’s muntader ,you are a hero,bush is a killer and the biggest terrorist in the world,thank’s muntader
That’s funny, I don’t agree with the actions of the journalist; it still made me laugh.
Man did you guys notice how the Iraqi Prime Minister barely even flinched? It’s especially evident when you watch the still photo series. I think he blinks and that’s it. Then he tried to catch to the second shoe.
@ Fuller:
LoL, you noticed it too? Very suspicious, eh? LoL.
throw shoes is harmless action, I love it . everyone should have the right to express themselves in the harmless way to others.
a Tibetan threw a shoe at Hu Jintao, i would love to see as well. when you feel unfair you need to speak out.
just a simply action , get laugh whats the matter
hang the fag journalist
if he was after justice it wud have been a ninja star or grenade.
what courage? It this sh*t for brains journalist dared to do that to Sadam, I’d be calling him a hero. His life and the lives of his family, his extended family and their friends would’ve all been shot. Now if he still threw the shoes at Sadam, I’d be proud of him. Now he’s just a little chicken sh*t. I’m ashamed of those Chinese who think this is courageous. I guess it’s the same courage we showed for hundreds of years of foreign aggression.
the journalist was a p*ssy. If I were Bush, I’d take those shoes of his and bitchslapped the arab to oblivion
@Kai
Can’t understand a word you said. Better hit those English grammar lessons.
I’m very impressed with Bush’s reflexes. Supposedly this reporter, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, bought the shoes just for this, so they were fairly new. They were Iraqi-made.
He was also supposedly beaten either while being taken into custody or after his arrest. He faces up to 15 years in prison, but has asked for leniency.
He shouted something like “Here’s a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog” as he did it.
if he was after justice it wud have been a ninja star or grenade
It’s almost impossible to get weapons inside the Green Zone, let alone get weapons inside a secured briefing room, inside a secured building, inside the Green Zone.
Can’t understand a word you said. Better hit those English grammar lessons.
After re-reading his comments, the only real error I’ve found is that I would have said “scientifically rigorous measurement or representation of accuracy” but the meaning still came across in it’s original form.
@ jayman:
Thanks.
Not if he was a ninja!
“This is a farewell kiss, you dog,” he yelled in Arabic as he threw his shoes. “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.”
What if some superpower come into your country, and kill many innocents, and left your women widow and make your children orphans? What will you do if the president comes to visit the country of yours as some president did in Iraq, then what will be your least action to make the president realize what he did…
We can laugh and comment on any problem happening with others until its our problem. Plz! feel, what and why he felt to throw the shoes.
Plz! feel, what and why he felt to throw the shoes.
Colonel Nathan Jessop would say:
You can’t handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it? You? You…? (The US has) a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for (Iraqi widows) and you curse the (US). You (now) have that luxury.
You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that (their) death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And (the US presence in Iraq), while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives.
You don’t want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want (us) on that wall… you need (us) on that wall.
We use words like honor, code, loyalty…we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use ‘em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to (someone) who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom (we) provide, then questions the manner in which (we) provide it! I’d rather you just said thank you and went on your way.
Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you’re entitled to!
it’s really insult to u.s. president Bush, i think . although he is going to leave the oval office, he is now still standing for America. what i see from the incident of this shoesthrow is that a so-called superpower is insulted and humilited by a country which is once beated heavily by U.S. . as we all know, the ideals and values that America advocate has lost its original idea under the cover of state or world security. it can not be denied that chiina is not a very very powerful country internationally. and china has been deliberately put obstacles by U.S. in its way to WTO and the international markets.china has suffferred a lot. i think it is just commom that shoes throwing happen to America,owing to its hegemonism and power politics
This is a Lesson for all American its not easy to fight with Muslims & this is really fantastic job he is Great Bravo Person who make a different historical page in this world. Bush & all American always away from Muslim people’s leave IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN this sentence is Perfect for American’s Army ** BACK TO THE PAVILION ** Bush Shame on u & MAY ALLAH Bless Every Muslim & INSHALLAH IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN & Kashmir got freedom .
screw the child molester allah
yeah its also a lesson for civilized world to leave the war-torn sinkhole alone and let them rot with the Kuran. worthless muslims.
First, I think though America was hated by Iraq, but it is not President’s fault for launching the war. We should be calm while cheering up for the attack. We should make sure that the war was carried by a group of American, not A American named Geroge W. Bush.
Second, what does America really introduce to the world? The so-called democracy? Or a pair of shoes?
When Saddam fell, the Iraqi’s beat his statues with the bottom of their shoes. Now, they are trying to beat Bush with the bottom of their shoes… it’s a major insult in the Iraqi culture to be hit with the bottom of someone’s shoe.
your an idiot if you think america was to bring democracy and freedom to iraq, tell you want, america is there for one thing and one thing only — energy, nothing less, nothing more.
thats why I said cilivized nations should leave mideast alone, and possibly construct some kind of confinement facility along the border to keep them home so they don’t crawl out and stir up troubles around the planet. they can do whatever they want within their sacred place, including licking allah’s hole and beheading young women.
people as barbaric as these violence-advocating muslims do not deserve any modern institution, because they can’t respect other’s cultures and opinions, their religion is in direct contradiction to social diversity and liberlization, most importantly, they are trouble-makers, equipped with outdated C4 on their hairy ass. not to mention they have contributed zero of nothing to human civilization.
just let them die so we can have a better world.
first, i will apploud. because it is something of happines. why i said so ? my reaon is here.it is just the American supremacy that drove a large number of people in other countries and many of its own sons and daughters into the hell on earth. I have to say it is reasonable to for many people to think in this way. Since Bush entered the white House, American credibility in the world is decreasing, owing to its unilateralism. Currently, the present president was luckily voted as the worst president in American history. From that, we easily conclude that not only the Iraq people hate him, but also his own people dissatisfy him. So it is safe to say that this kind of shoes throwing incident is not out of expect. But it is still a surprising thing. I can understand that guy, who dared to throw the shoes at the president whose country is far more powerful than his own country, because he witnessed much death of his innocent countrymen, as a journalist. I do not know whether he is something of a national hero. But what he did show us the bravery of this nation. And it should get our applauses.
First, I admire that journalist very much, because he was so brave and he did something of happiness. In terms of America, American supremacy drove a large number of people in other countries and many of its own sons and daughters into the hell on earth. In terms of Iraq, so many Innocent people died or suffer a lot of hardship. It is reasonable to for many people to hate him. Since Bush entered the white House, American credibility in the world is decreasing, owing to its unilateralism. Currently, the present president was luckily voted as the worst president in American history.
This kind of shoes throwing incident is not out of expected, but it is still a surprising thing. I can understand that guy, who dared to throw the shoes at the president whose country is far more powerful than his own country, because he witnessed much death of his innocent countrymen, as a journalist..
It is easy to sympathy those who feel betrayed, angry and frustrated Iraqis and Zaidi’s behavior in Iraq had proved how much progress the Iraqis had got. Not long ago, angry young man threw a grenade to the U.S. military to expression their abhorrence to United States. It is worth recalling also that if in Saddam time, anyone who threw shoes on Saddam Hussein in Iraq or the world leaders who visit Iraq, protesters and his family could face the death penalty. The editorial concluded by saying that” Iraq is not perfect, but it is the people have learned to enjoy the freedom of expression. “However, the editorial did not mention Zaidi is likely to face the reality of the trial.
Zaidi did show us the bravery of this nation, and it should get our applauses. He expressed anger, and defended his motherland, but at the same time, his actions have tarnished his career, and his boss said Zaidi should be dismissed. Zaidi could be close to Bush is out of his privileges as a reporter’s credibility. Otherwise, he can only, like other protesters, shouting slogans out of many roadblocks and safety devices which can not heard by other people. The cost of the access privileges is to give professional and fair treatment to Bush.
Bush may have thought that he would be treated as liberators by the Iraqis. But in the end, it proves that he is commemorated by giving the country which was once the pride one a lot of death, destruction and chaos. This pair of shoes is not a personal insult to Bush but to the entire United States, including the Bush administration’s military consultants, analysts, politicians, diplomats, generals, bureaucrats, businessmen, “human rights” elements, the media, all kinds of speculators, and so on, they jointly created the tragedy of Iraq. This pair of shoes is the humiliation to the public opinion of United States – in 2003, the overwhelming support of the invasion and occupation. Therefore, U.S. media emphasized the “smartness” Bush was to duck the Size 10 shoes.
The pair of shoes could be the real “farewell gift” to George W. Bush. Because of this pair of shoes, the U.S. media and the general public realize that in addition to the financial crisis, there are still many suffering people in Iraq. Because of this pair of shoes, the visual fatigue Iraq returned to the field of vision attention!
I’m an American and would love to throw my shoes at him plus more. Heck we got the best government you can buy.
what happen with w bush am very happy i now want the worse event which is hotiful than this action to follow him with his bad deeds. also God almigty will not forgive him. Amin
To those Chinese who applauded the shoe throwing incident, I await your reaction when President Hu visits America or Japan and cops a size 10 in his face.
Problem is President befriend/war with with people he think he can outwit: Bin Laden family.
Chess Board change daily. One wrong move prove to cause massive upset of board.
I admire how he handle criticism, not how he handle security. He need U.N approval to start such a war.
He underestimate his business partner.
I hope the man on trial walks away still smiling.
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I think my words may have been prescient. Read news today that some idiot in Cambridge University tried to throw a shoe at Premier Wen. I wonder if those who had a giggle at Bush ducking for cover would laugh off this incident.
Dear chinaSMACK,
Yesterday, Wen Jiabao in UK get the same as Bush in Irak:
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ_50VrLUBo
You wouldn’t be honnest by not publishing a “Journalist Throws Shoe At Wen Jiabao, Chinese Reactions”.
Even if the reaction is that the video or the pictures or even just an article about it are censored by the Chinese government…
@ Mark
You should already know from some Chinese commenters under the youtube video and what some Chinese students in the lecture room said – “Shame on you!”
Full video and news articles can be found on many websites, here’s one from sina.com
http://video.sina.com.cn/news/c/v/2009-02-03/191630242.shtml
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