New Shoes for George Bush
A Political Blog
By James Myers
The …
New Shoes for George Bush
A Political Blog
By James Myers
The Entertainment Critic
With only 37 days left in his Presidency, must of us just wish George W., would just go away. Apparently, this includes not only Americans who have tolerated his incompetence for the last 8 years, but also some Iraqis as well. President Bush is currently on a secret world wind tour that includes Iraq. An unusual incident happened today at the Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan today. As Americans we have treated his attempts at revisionist history as laughable. His approval rating hitting an all time low of 30%, %u2018W%u201D has dedicated the final portion of his administration as an attempt to avoid being labeled as the worst President in American history. While Bush was hailing his presidency and the progress in Iraq, one of the journalists at the new conference let him know that his occupation in Iraq was less than welcome.
A protester identified as Muntader al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, owned by Iraq and based in Cairo, shouted at Bush in Arabic, %u201C"This is your farewell kiss, you dog! This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq." At the same time, he was throwing his size 10 shoes at Bush, whistling one past his left ear and the second just over his head. Iraq has not welcomed the continuing occupation of 150,000 U.S. troops, where over 4200 Americans have died, coupled with an economic loss of $576 billion dollars in the 5 years and 9 months of the war. These figures do not include the numbers of the wounded, injured and mentally compromised Americans. The true figure of the intangibly injured may not be known for years to come.
What this incident does call attention to is the loss suffered by the Iraqi people as well. Approximately 99,000 Iraqi civilians have died in the war according tohttp://www.iraqbodycount.org/. Most recently on Saturd...
