I think the shoe throwing by the Iraqi journalist was a sign to Bush and those in his ilk like Gordon Brown that their actions against Iraq, and for that matter other nations did not go well with the people. The stupid and simplistic joke by Bush about the size of the shoe just shows the kind of contempt such heinous leaders have towards other people.
I think the journalist is a brave man who used the only opportunity and weapon available to him to show the mighty and powerful that even the most powerless can defend themselves.
Though the action did no harm to Bush, it has caught the attention of the world and people all over the Internet are now throwing their shoes at Bush to demonstrate the kind of hatred and contempt they have towards him.
I am sure this contempt is not towards all Americans or the West at large but towards Bush and his spanner boy Gordon Brown.
Even though Bush joked about it, I am sure deep inside him the pain must have been too much to bear within. But it was a good sendoff to the man who has run down the world???s economy.
I know that the man of the people, president-elect Barack Obama shall be a really different man from the outgoing Bush whose intention has never been good to the rest of the world.
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