Passepartout Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 At least Bush laughed and was a good sport about it. Nobody got hurt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanny Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 hopefully the secret service sent a clear message and pummled him that would send a message to foreigners you don't try to assault the President of the United States Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/14/bush.iraq/index.html It marked the first time he has been outside the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad without being on a military base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherick Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 At least they didn't throw pretzels at him. oops! :shhh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagleskins Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Awesome. Bad aim, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighOnHendrix Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 What is it with foreigners and their shoes? Remember when Kruschev banged on the podium with his shoe back in the 60s? And some folks are weird about taking the shoes off indoors no matter what. Then there's the Dutch wooden shoe thing, what's that about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoot Point Really Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 The "size 10" comment was classic... The end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 If SNL doesn't do a skit on this then they have failed. I would love to see Will Ferrell brought back this weekend to dodge the first one and get hit by the second one. Could be some great physical comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 This morning I feel like throwing my shoes at somebody. Someone deserves a cleat in their face. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chump Bailey Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Awesome. Bad aim, though. Aim was dead-on, Bush just dodged it nicely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chump Bailey Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Perhaps so, but in a secured environment in a host country,they do not maintain close cover w/o good reason(it insults the host).Everyone in the room had already been screened for weapons and W was in no danger. Burgold ,I don't think you understand how guests are treated under ME custom. Secured environment? I'm not sure I would agree with you there. Perhaps as secure as possible considering the location, but I still think the response from the SS detail was entirely too slow. Had that been a highly intelligent state sponsored assassin with state of the art weaponry we would likely have one very dead U.S. President on our hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tone_dubbz Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Pretty good aim by the reporter, better than Jason Campbell! I keed, I keed!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Secured environment? I'm not sure I would agree with you there. Perhaps as secure as possible considering the location, but I still think the response from the SS detail was entirely too slow. Had that been a highly intelligent state sponsored assassin with state of the art weaponry we would likely have one very dead U.S. President on our hands. They are prescreened for weapons and history,besides W waved off his primary shield. It was no real danger,at least no more than he always exists in. Random idiots are always the greatest risk,but not true threats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chump Bailey Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 They are prescreened for weapons and history,besides W waved off his primary shield.It was no real danger,at least no more than he always exists in. Random idiots are always the greatest risk,but not true threats. I guess twa. I still think our guy's should have been stepping on this guy's neck before he had a chance to take his second shoe off regardless of how well it might have been received. Not a great moment IMO for the SS detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianm23 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Hopefully the death sentence. **** that guy, seriously, he tried to harm the leader of our country and he should have been shot in the face by the secret service after the first shoe was thrown.In the words of the great movie "Friday", "You don't **** with the U.S., You don't **** with the U.S."!!!!!! Seeing how our country has invaded their country and killed tens of thousands of their civilians, I say he has all the right in the world to throw a ****ing show at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRSmith Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Seeing how our country has invaded their country and killed tens of thousands of their civilians, I say he has all the right in the world to throw a ****ing show at him. Yes as it was so much better when Saddam was killing thousands of citizens and this action would have made for a public execution of the man his family friends and employers Take the meds and get better soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Midnight Judges Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Yes as it was so much better when Saddam was killing thousands of citizens and this action would have made for a public execution of the man his family friends and employersTake the meds and get better soon Actually, Iraqi's were more secure before the invasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Bush is definitely a shoe-in for the best move of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdsknbill Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Seeing how our country has invaded their country and killed tens of thousands of their civilians, I say he has all the right in the world to throw a ****ing show at him. Oh. I see. The insurgents didn't kill any of those civilians, They didn't coerce children, even mentally handicapped ones, to strap bombs to their chest and walk into crowded markets? It was American soldiers doing that? Is that what you are saying? I didn't agree with our troops going into Iraq, but your opinion on this makes me weep to think that you are actually an American. What are going to do this afternoon, go down to the airport and spit on soldiers as they come home from theaters abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRSmith Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Actually, Iraqi's were more secure before the invasion. Were they more secure if somebody from Saddam's tribe or gaurd force disliked them or wanted their sister or wife? Were the Olympic atheletes more secure? Was one Saddam's closest friends more secure and protected when Saddam's son shot him? Was Saddam's sons in laws more secure? Were the Kurds more secure as chemical weapons rained on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Judges Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Were they more secure if somebody from Saddam's tribe or gaurd force disliked them or wanted their sister or wife?Were the Olympic atheletes more secure? Was one Saddam's closest friends more secure and protected when Saddam's son shot him? Was Saddam's sons in laws more secure? Were the Kurds more secure as chemical weapons rained on them? It makes no difference if Saddam killed them or if Al Qaida killed them or if they die as a result of chemical weapons or an air strike. Dead is dead. Saddam didn't have any chemical weapons at the time of the invasion anyway so let's not pretend getting hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed somehow prevented something the UN had already successfully put an end to. Besides, in every hypothetical you cite, Saddam is merely replaced by Al Qaida, Al Sadr, or various other factions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koala Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 So, umm, when Zorn's next presser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRSmith Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 It makes no difference if Saddam killed them or if Al Qaida killed them or if they die as a result of chemical weapons or an air strike. Dead is dead. Saddam didn't have any chemical weapons at the time of the invasion anyway so let's not pretend getting hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed somehow prevented something the UN had already successfully put an end to. Besides, in every hypothetical you cite, Saddam is merely replaced by Al Qaida, Al Sadr, or various other factions. As long as Saddam is there what hope do you have if you are not one of his tribesmen? The press enjoys what freedom? The people picked their leaders how? Saddam did have chemical weapons he did not have nuclear weapons I believe over 500 weapons were found since 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonniey Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Whats funny about this is though, He is going to go to jail for however long for this, while, now if he would of done this to Saddam, with one of Saddam's guest, he would be taken in and some time of cruel punishment would be administrated. He probably would get his feet cut off, or be killed. Also under Saddam, he probably wouldn't even have this job as it was a government controlled media. So i just find it Ironic, cause without Bush, things would of been worst for his individual circumstance. He would have probably ended up in the Baath Party Convention Center Pool. That particular pool was never filled with water, it was used for other things. I was there yesterday and there is still a stain from a head shot on the pool wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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