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Better shoes than bombs...

I think the best part about this whole fiasco is that it got more attention from the West than a year's worth of suicide bombers.

Think on that for a moment: an incident of protest in the Middle East that didn't result in the deaths of anyone involved. The guy shouldn't spend any more than a few weeks in jail for what he did, if that.

I think that this type of protest should be ENCOURAGED in a region where acts of protest are often bloody.

@ Chris
December 18th, 2008 1:57 pm ET

Oh please FREE THE MAN!!!
HE ONLY THREW SHOES!!! BUSH LIED AND LAUNCHED BOMBS!!!

Well said. I couldn't agree more – Bravo!

They should bronze those shoes !!!

Since the shoes didn't hit...you MUST acquit. In that lone action, the noble journalist merely summed up what countless people around the world truly think about Bush and his nonsensical administration.

What is wrong with freedom of expression? That's all this reporter did. Hell we'd do the same if the tables were turned, wouldn't we? Bush and his administration acted like liars and pigs in this whole Iraq thing and should be treated as such. I'd love to throw my shoes at Bush as well, but I like my shoes.

If Bush and Cheney are held accountable for their War Crimes and their crimes against humanity, as alot of us hope they are, they'll receive a lot worse than shoes being thrown at their heads.

This guy lost his family, his job, and his country. Bush should pardon him. After all, he missed. Now I would not say that if it was Obama because Obama did not take us to a trumpt up war, destroy the face of the nation, and fail as a president. Some people need boots tossed at them, others do not.

It's quite true that one could have concealed explosives in a shoe and thrown it at others. It may explode on impact.

Solutions for Obama's Iraqi visits: Make everyone leave their shoes outside of the room. What if a shoe is thrown towards our leader outdoors? How should our secret services respond? Shoot at the shoe in mid air or what? It's much more complicated than I thought.

I'm not a fan of "w". But he is the president. However, that being said if that reporter, had thrown his shoes at bush, after january 21, 2009. I would'nt have a problem with it.

I DO NOT LIKE PRESIDENT BUSH BUT HE STILL THIS GREAT NATION LEADER AND HE SHOULD BE RESPECTED FOR THAT. HE IS NOT LIKED HERE AND ABROAD BUT HE IS OUR PRESIDENT.

Give him a break. Make him do penance in some way, but not years in jail.

The man who threw his size 10s at GWB was expressing his outrage at the United States for invading his country and then failing to establish law and order. The Iraq war has endured longer than WWII and there are still major problems in iraq. This disaster will be the Bush legacy for many years to come.

"Only in the Arab world would throwing a shoe be an insult."...

...and only the West finds the middle finger offensive
...and only the English find a backwards peace sign offensive
...and only the Japanese find wearing shoes indoors is offensive

It's called culture, folks!

Try not to be as ignorant as the people who throw shoes at our President think we are!

There SHOULD be leniency. He only did what millions of Americans would love to have done!

You have to credit President Bush for starting a civilized way of communications in Middle East. Throwing shoes at one another is much less deadly than grenades.

I look at it this way, if Mexico invaded us, got hundreds of thousands of us killed and/or maimed, set up our governemt the way they want it, and then the Mexican President paid us a visit to tell us how much they've helped us, I'd throw more than shoes at him.

Bush was over there making a mockery of the decimation of another Nation without provocation. I think this man had a right to express his displeasure at the lives lost in his family and Country. We do not appreciate the relevance of the thrown shoes, but it is the custom there and we should at least respect that custom. Here a misdemeanor crime would get you a fine and probation. Obviously, there was no real threat or harm intended to Bush. Even a bull's eye shot would not have inflicted great harm. How many have died of this journalist's countrymen and family because of Bush? We now total over 4,200 of our brave men and women who have died in that senseless carnage. We're trying to pigeonhole this man's actions into our culture and that just does not make any sense. Let him go! And for pity's sake do not abuse him in jail. This is not the democracy the United States represents.

Daniel – Yes, it's primitive and stupid. Throwing a shoe, wow, how insulting can you get. No wonder there's no peace in the middle east, they're all stuck in the stone age.

I'm not a fan of the sitting President but throwing shoes at any "Head of State" is unacceptable. I agree with the person who asked "What if shoes were thrown at PE Obama". We would have really been outraged and rightly so. I think the same outrage has to be applied to President Bush. Even if you don't like his policies...

I have a suggestion for the Iraqi judge. Conduct a scientific experiment to find out if this was an act of using a deadly weapon or not by using the journalist as a test subject and put a bag over his head and throw the same shoe at his head from the same distance and speed 100 times. If he is afraid to do this then that would be an admission of using a dangerous weapon against a foreign president, two counts. If he does it and only suffers a headache, then the president was not in any real danger and he would get the lessor sentence of annoying a foreign president with a shoe. If he dies from head trauma then that would obviously be use of a deadly weapon.

To "Get over it"

If this guy threw his shoes at Obama, he can probabl expect the same treatment. I do not believe Iraqi government would differentiate between the two US presidents.

@Baze:
"If he goes in front of the camera and talks about how stupid his actions were, while an American interpreter stands by his side and translates into English, and then shakes his hand then maybe…. maybe this guy shouldn't have the crap stomped out of him again."

I'm thinking if by "he" you mean every neo-moron who voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004, then I would agree with your statement, including the interpreter... to translate into English the toothless rightwing drivel we're so often subjected to.

@ Get over it:

"What will happen when someone throws something at Obama ??? Are you going to ask for leniency then??"

That will depend on if Obama killed 100,000 of the thrower's countrymen...

......you slack-jawed worthless rightwing twit.

Donna

You're quite right, there is a better way than throwing a shoe to express dissent. Here in the US our favored way is to fire a gun preferably at a bunch of innocents.

Throwing a shoe is so trivial... get over it and stop acting like a bunch of ignorant morons. But then, perhaps you all are!

transfer america,s entire treasury into iraq you will not change the way they think or view us. we are in a hole losing life , limb and treasure.

Mr. Shoe Thrower was out of line for throwing that shoe. Iraq is a flawed democracy and doesn't have much experience dealing with certain freedoms. It has taken the US over 200 years to get where we are today. He should receive some type of punishment, but nothing too extreme. As an American I can respect the office of the President of the US, even though I may not like the person currently occupying it.

What would happen if I threw my shoe at him?

If the shoe thrower should go to Jail and be tortured...then so should Bush.

All you morons who come in here and praise Bush for successfully dodging a shoe FAILED to see that the shoes hit the AMERICAN FLAG...Bush saved himself well from being hit, but did he save YOU? That flag represents YOU and ME....we all know that the flag is a symbol for our country...and we know the power of symbolism.

You republican scum come in here and make stupid remarks about Obama not saluting the flag...but you praise Bush for allowing the flag to be hit by an Iraqi shoe just to save his own hide....that shows a lot about Bush's character....and yours.

i'd rather that the shoes had hit him(Bush) other than the flag.....that guy(the shoe tosser) should be in trouble for hitting the flag than for missing Bush.

Take Bush out of the situation...and see what really happened.....and MAYBE we can find common ground that it was our country that was insulted that day,,,,,and not just Bush

Look, Im not a big Bush fan but he is our President. He is my Commander in Chief and leader of our nation. And NOBODY from any country is allowed to disrespect him in that manner. Now having said that I do believe that the punishment should fit the crime. Was what he did offensive? Yes, but I think a few days in jail with a fine should be suffiecient enough.

HE EXPRESSED THE PEOPLE'S WILL. ARE YOU GOING TO PUNISH THAT?? SO MUCH FOR THE VOICE OF DEMOCRACY. SHOULD HAVE LEFT SADDAM IN PLACE IF THAT IS THE CASE

If the shoe thrower should go to Jail and be tortured...then so should Bush.

All you morons who come in here and praise Bush for successfully dodging a shoe FAILED to see that the shoes hit the AMERICAN FLAG...Bush saved himself well from being hit, but did he save YOU? That flag represents YOU and ME....we all know that the flag is a symbol for our country...and we know the power of symbolism.

You republican scum come in here and make stupid remarks about Obama not saluting the flag...but you praise Bush for allowing the flag to be hit by an Iraqi shoe just to save his own hide....that shows a lot about Bush's character....and yours.

i'd rather that the shoes had hit him other than the flag.....that guy(the shoe tosser) should be in trouble for hitting the flag than for missing Bush.

Take Bush out of the situation...and see what really happened.

Leniency? Ha. Those shoes should be bronzed; a statue of him erected and a national holiday proclaimed in Iraq in his honour. Probably the only Iraqi who has the "shoes" to do what many Iraqis have wanted to do from day one of the USA invading their country – without justification.

I always wonder how majority of americans think they are messiahs or jesus, wow, you go to their country destory their families in the name of and freedom by showing saddam and his sons, now you asking that reporter to apolozise for what he did. I pray some day you guys realize and apolozise to those families who lost their husbands, children, women. If you guys think you are messiah then I am just waiting to see how you and your beloved president Bush will save those women and girls getting rape repeatedly everyday and left to die.

I'm OK with leniecy. Let's cut his stay in Guantanamo from 20 years to 19.

George W. Bush is the one that should be sent to prison. What a piece of filth he is. I love the shoe-thrower guy. That was a magnificent thing to do.

You righ-wingers suck, by the way. Ha!

I think the Shoe thrower should be mad to spend a month with Joe Liberman, now that is punishment.

This is funny. I think Bush is lucky. In america throwing a shoe isn't that big of a cultural insult. If he had been at home in america, he might have been dodgeing a chair.

A small fine for public disturbance is OK with me – I personally think we should try Bush and Cheney for war crimes and then throw the book at them, not just shoes...

Incident shows how goofy Muslims really are, and, none worth dying for!

@ Daniel

No. It's stupid and primitive because he was throwing things at someone instead of using rational dialogue to express his disagreement or even his outrage . Period. No bones about it. PC "respect for other cultures" will buy you nothing in this argument.

PS: What do monkeys throw? Yeah. Something from the dirtiest part of the body. Why do they throw it? Yeah. Because they don't have language with which to otherwise express themselves.

He should remain in jail until his throw is better.

You may not agree with what Bush has done, I do not nor would I ever support the type of behavior exhibited by the show thrower. I will also never condone the over the top type of punishment endorsed by some. I do not think this should even be a jailable offence, nevermind a more severe punishment. At most he should have to make a public apology and not be allowed to work as a reporter with dignitaries.

At any rate his fate should only be decided by the courts of the country it took place. Not the US courts, not in the press, and not the american public.

Although this is seldom mentioned and CNN will probably not print my comment, Bush's invasion of Iraq has displaced about four and a half million Iraqis and killed tens–if not hundreds–of thousands of civilians (The Bush administration refuses to count how many civilians have been killed, making official numbers difficult to know). It has been a humanitarian disaster of epic proportions–the worst refugee crisis in the middle East.

And yet we're up in arms about this man throwing some shoes?

Impressive, this guy is single-handedly helping Iraq to go from suicide bombing and effigy-burning to shoe-throwing and protests where shoes are held up in the air.

Violent screaming riots, or shoes in the air. Hmm.

We really should give this guy some kind of an award. I'm certainly impressed.

Lock him up!

Technically, and criminally, a thrown shoe is considered a projectile/missle, and is punishable in the United States as a felony offense.

If someone threw a shoe at the Anointed One you liberals would suddenly endorse the death penalty. Hypocrisy at its finest.

Leniency? I want to give him a medal!

The sooner we got out of there the better............

Donna, I am so very sick of people spouting the defense of this man as the leader of this country! As the leader of this country that man was pelting him personally with his shoes.

If he wanted to insult North America, he would have thrown his shoes at the flags!

We have seen flag burning... that is when they are insulting the Infidel Dog as they precieve us to be any country to be as it continues to kill their people. No wonder they have formed terroris groups. We made it so ugly that they feel completely threated all over the middle east. Sad commentary.... I for one, and sick of having our young men and women killed an mained in Bush/Cheney's private war!

Well they did break the guy arm and rib cage. Bush needed that wake up call that what he did was totally wrong.

To Get Over It,

Well said and so very true!

To ALL the people saying that "he owes the President an apology" WHY?

BUSH INVADED A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY..... BASED ON LIES!

THIS IRAQI HAS A RIGHT TO BE ANGRY AT THE MAN WHO ALL BUT DESTROYED HIS COUNTRY!

BUSH LIED..... THOUSANDS DIED!

You know.... I suspect about.... hmmmm... what is Bush's approval rating.... I suspect about all of those people who are not for him would have cheered had they been there.... I also say that most would have loved to throw a shoe at him themselves.

Myself... I would have thrown a combat boot at the man. And I would not have missed with either one of them. Excuse me before I spit up in my mouth!

A little humor never hurt anyone....
I suspect, however, that my count is fairly accurate.
Now to read what everyone else thinks about the subject.

For those of you talking about how this was the guy exercising the freedoms we gave him: we don't have that freedom here, so what makes you think we gave it to them? Physical violence is NOT free speech. Never was, never will be...and you can cite Bush saying this was free speech, but we all know he's a total moron, so the statement has no value.

Throwing shoes at someone even though its a cultural thing was idiotic and being a journalist the man should have known better. Let him pay his dues and learn a lesson.

Whereas, I do agree that Heads of State should command respect, and should be exempt from actions that are deemed physically hurtful, first of all, the shoe-throwing act was one of pure insult and protest. Secondly, and most importantly, Bush is one of those that will probably not be prosecuted by the International Courts for the killings that he's authorized as an unworthy President. As such, he deserved this. He deserved it beyond any doubt. Even though he ducked the shoes, the mark will forever remain etched on his soul. That he engaged in a brutal war that was illegal and unwarranted.

Democrats have payed more money in this ridiculous bail-out than all our wars combine. Taking money from people who earned it and giving it to people who didn't. Where is your outrage about that. Just follow the dems lead and treat Obama the same way they treated bush, It wont be hateful that way,lol

He already got it, the fact it was Bush and not Sadam is leniency.

I'm no Bush supporter, but this angered me. Bush is the President of the United States and whether or not he is good at his job, he deserves respect. Mr. al-Zaidi actions where shameful and he should be punished. It is UNACCEPTABLE to treat our President or any other world leader in that fashion.
Additionally, al-Zaidi's actions should not reflect upon the entire nation or Muslims as a whole. That would be truly ignorant.

Time to invest in shoe companies.

has anyone heard of someone apologizing out of true regret of what they did? people do it all the time and they aren't tortured to do so. it's the good side of human nature that many people dismiss....just like all you who say he must have been tortured. to those who believe that...take a step back and look at your life haha

While I am not a fan of Bush, throwing shoes at the man was uncalled for...because of the reporters foolishness and throwing his shows, someone WAS HURT in the incident...it wasn't Bush but it was his press secretary...this man needs to apologize to her, the AMERICAN public AND THE PRESIDENT...

There are better ways to express your outrage...what would they expect us to do had it been a US Citizen throwing shows at their leader when he was visiting?

I would love the opportunity to throw my shoes at him.....

Audrey: wrote..

""What an idiot! He doesn't deserve any kind of leniancy! What he thrown could have as easily been a grenade or bomb of some sort. He should be tried by courts and put in prison for the rest of his life. He mocked the presidency of the US. Unacceptable! ""

Was Mr. bush that has called other heads of state worst..
you have short memory..
The axis of evil ha scost this great american country lots..

So don't be an idiot and educate yourself first.

Peace...I'm laughing at your ironic name, first of all.
Second of all, I really hope you're being sarcastic. You think Saddam is a good example of a leader? You think his "disciplines" were a good model to follow? Goodness. It's a SHOE.

Also, "these people" and the freedom you "allow" them sounds so condescending. They're not children we're babysitting. We invaded their country!

They beat humility into him. Bush should have been beaned between the eyes.

Where is Bush's trial? This faux-justice is a lot of show.

KG> You're preaching about violence in one breath and in the next says he should have his shoes shoved up his butt? Er. Ok.

We just don't know enough about this guy to say if he deserves a pardon. However, it might be a symbolic PR victory for Bush to pardon him.

Audrey> At it again, I see. Listen, you can't jail him as though he threw a grenade...because he did not. He threw a shoe.
He was expressing his displeasure at what W.'s policies have done to his country!! Do you live there? Do you know what they go through on a daily basis? Check points? Bombs? They never asked for us to invade, yes, INVADE, their country!

mark> You need to read a little. Stone age? It's a different culture. Just because it's different, that doesn't make it backwards.

Those shoes were hurled with BAD INTENTIONS .

He could have chosen to insult Bush with less velocity.

In American the butt hole is the dirtiest part of the body...
to those in Iraq who support this guy as a hero: here's mine: (###)

i would love to have a face to face conversation with some of you instead of hiding behind your computer. I really can't wrap my head around people that think Bush is a war criminal when the war was approved by Congress too. There are alot more war criminals then. But of course the dems are never responsible for their actions. It's always Bush's fault

does this mean I can throw shoes at Obama and nothing will happen to me????? He is still the POTUS and regardless if you like him or not you cant do that

I may not agree with Bush policies but he is my president. I forbid anyone that's not a US citizen to trash talk or throw shoes at him.

I don't like Bush. I think the war was a sham to prop Bush up in the face of his lack of leadership moxie. That said ...

Iraq can not let someone throw shoes at a head of state. It makes them look like their not ready for the "big boys" club.

As a part of whatever punishment he recieves, the Iraqi court should make this man write an article contrasting what would have happened to a "shoe thrower" that targeted a head of state under Saddam vs what he will face.

Let this be a lesson in democracy as well as civil behavior.

It shows the US is the only civilized society, in the conservative tradition of Ronald Reagan, Billy Graham and Rick Warren, in the whole world.

Although I do not like the reality of shoes being thrown at our Head of State, I do think that the Iraqi government should take it easy on this journalist. It appears that he has no previous criminal record and that he may even be psychologically troubled. Leniency is indeed warranted.

If he had done it to Saddam then;

1) He would have been executed.
2) His wife would have been killed
3) His children would have been killed.
4) His parents and brothers and sisters would have been killed.
5) Heck, his whole home town would have been wiped off the face of the earth.

Thanks to Bush, he may only go to jail.

What will happen when someone throws something at Obama ???

Are you going to ask for leniency then??

Mark, in Arab culture the feet are considered the dirtiest part of the body. So yes, throwing your shoes at someone is an extreme insult. But hey, because it's different, it must be stupid and primitive right?

****************** Is it possible that the journalist has been tortured to make the confession? Do we believe there are human rights in Iraq? Should a puppet government be trusted? These questions should be answered first before we can tell the journalist’s confession is sincere. **************************

Wow, amazing what torture can do...

What an idiot! He doesn't deserve any kind of leniancy! What he thrown could have as easily been a grenade or bomb of some sort. He should be tried by courts and put in prison for the rest of his life. He mocked the presidency of the US. Unacceptable!

Hey CNN this is my 4th time I am trying to post this comment... please be neutral and post my comment eventhough it is not pro-Bush:

How much was he beaten and tortured until he asked for leniency… this reminds me on our American military pilot apology that was captured by Saddam back during the golf war…..

Maybe Bush can use one of his presidential pardons.

People actually believe that his "apology" was voluntary?

Ah yes, shoe throwing. Among the more detestable crimes.

Though I am curious what crime exactly it was?

Obviously, a person is not allowed to hurt or threaten or attempt to hurt someone – so maybe he can be chargeed with attempted battery?

Except I doubt throwing the shoe was done to hurt Bush, but more to insult him. Maybe he should pay damages to the staffer with a black eye?

Or maybe disturbing the peace, or something along those lines, in which case time is served.

Obviously, attempts against a head of state, like the president, should be taken more seriously – but it's hard to say that "the punishment for throwing a shoe should be twice as bad against the president as it is against someone else" if throwing a shoe normally has zero punishment

@Mark – and the Western world has no insulting gestures from the stone age? Bigots are appalling... the world has more than 300 million people, one religion and one culture.

Like Bush said, the man just demonstrated one of his new democratic freedoms, why penalize him for this?

What would Saddam do?

Where were the president's Secret Service guards? They should have had that reporter in hand before he got off a second shot. And while we may not approve of how the president did his job, we should be mindful, that until we have walked in his shoes for a while.............................................ya know what I mean?

This guy is my hero. I only wish he was a better shot. Bush is an embarrasment to America and the human race.

I bet he wishes he had hit Bush with a shoe now...

Leniency? They ought to shove his shoes up his a$$. Violence towards another is not how you express your right of free speech. Today it's throwing shoes at another nation's leader, tomorrow it may be a bullet. You let this guy get away with this, you send a statement that such an act is tolerated. Then exactly where would you draw the line?

No jail time, but a fine and an apology. It's shoes today, but what will be thrown next year?

As far as I am concerned, he should get a medal. This President, if you can call him that has destroyed our economy, status in the world, and is rapidly giving away our natural resources to the oil companies. I think a shoe didn't come near to what he deserves.

Hey, Bush should count his blessings...it could have been a women reporter...and Stelletos can cause some damage.

These people were provided too much freedom and they have misused it. This guy has to be punished severely so that other people should learn a lesson.
Saddam Hussein used tough measure against improbable behaviour. He knew what he was doing and he installed discipline to everybody.

Bush should pardon him.

Perhaps the American contractors who shot innocent Iraqi citizens should do the same!!

Only in the western, so called developed world would countries invade, decimate and pillage other countries.

I think he showed a lot of courage to throw his shoes at President Bush. He had to of known how badly he would be treated when it was all over. The sad thing is there are plenty more Iraqis that feel the same way he does.

As a Head of State representing the American people, Bush deserves a modicum of respect for at least his position. Throwing shoes may be a sign of disrepect, but it is also dangerous when aimed at someone's head. The Iraqis will succumb to pressures and quietly release this guy, but he should be punished. Imagine the outrage in the Arab world if, say, Anderson Cooper threw a shoe at an Arab head of State.

Wow– Bush must have been sober for a change. I never would have guessed he could dodge two rapid-fire shoes like that. Thirty-three more days before the next troup of political clowns takes over. So maybe it can't be worse, but it could be just as bad– different, but just as bad.

A frustrated Iraqi should get jail time for throwing a shoe, yet Bush and Cheney can admit murder and torture of people? Go figure.

Make him eat some shoe soup!

Angry, frustrated people do stupid things, and his actions did seem to be spontaneous. Thank goodness it was shoes and not grenades.

Oh please FREE THE MAN!!!
HE ONLY THREW SHOES!!! BUSH LIED AND LAUNCHED BOMBS!!!

Only in the Arab world would throwing a shoe be considered an insult. Welcome to the stone age...

I don't think the shoe thrower should be condemned. Thousands of Americans, and millions of people all over the world would like to have done something like that. I vote for rotten tomatoes. Bush represents everything America does NOT stand for. Not in America, not in Iraq, not any place. He is a shame to our country and the damage he has done and the blood on his hands is unforgivable. A pair of shoes? What an understated expression of the contempt most of us feel for Bush.

Only in the Arab world would throwing a shoe be an inuslt.

Let him go. He made a mistake, everyone deserves a second chance.

I do not like bush, however I do respect the office he holds, and I respect him as another human being. Throwing shoes at someone especially the Head of country is disrespectful furthermore its unacceptable. I can't say what his fate should be, but I do think there needs to be consequences for his actions

While I am and have never been a fan of Bush, I do think this person needs punished for this.

huh – I thought he was going to ask for a new set of shoes.

I find it funny that this guy now wants leniency. Why should he get it? Unlike what Liberals were propogating, this guy never had a family member die during the Iraq war. He also works for a pro-Saddam newspaper. He should count his blessings that he was not taken out by the Secret Service.

I'm sure he has been tortured...
That is very common in Iraq. A brave man doing this will not ask for an excuse.
It is for media use

Bush bashing in 3... 2... 1...

Everyone is accountable for their own actions. Members of the media are not an exception, nor should they be. He claimed his 15 minutes of fame at a potential cost of years behind bars...

This guy should be sentenced to listen to every speech Georgie has made these 8 long years, that will be punishment enough!!! It is only fair since America had to listen to that nonsense PLUS overthrow Saddam so this guy could live without being thrown off a building. If nothing good comes from Georgie's reign of terror this guy should at least be thankful for something!!!

ya it sounds like he "apologized" on his own.... maybe Cheney showed up to practice his waterboarding techniques.

too bad he missed.bush is a liar and scumbag.dam sure i wouldnt miss

I totally agree with you, naqib.... this guy is nothing but a showboat. He thought he was so brave and making a statement, when he could have chosen to do so in a more civilized manner. I think they should "throw" the book at him– he abused his position as a reporter to get close to Bush, because otherwise he wouldn't have gotten nearly as close.

Maybe this idiot should apologize to President Bush and ask him for forgiveness instead of begging al-Maliki.

We've lost so many of our guys and gals across there and that the payback we get!!! A kick in our A$&> Literally speaking.

I think everyone out here should look at this from the perspective of the outrage of the war and our (Bush's) continued drive / support for the War!!

Imagine how many law abiding citizens have been killed and / or suffered there and their impression of us here... As per Quran / bible, war and the related atrocities are IMMORAL – period. So given that, many times I myself felt like doing the same to Bush, even though it is UGLY and he IS my President but then my soft / better side which looks at these wailing children , women outrages me...

So pl. pardon this guy

Leniency, no problems give this unrespecful scumbag life in prison, instead of death

Give him new shoes,a uniform,and a gun and let him defend his own country These people don't want us there and we should give them
a good christmas present and leave.

I, King Hammurabi, the first and premier ruler of Mesopotamia, do hereby decree that being the crime occurred in my sovereign lands it shall be adjudicated according to my Code, established 1760 years before the one you call Jesus.

The punishment for this crime shall fall under the general offense of "an eye for an eye" and the one called President Bush shall be given the opportunity to throw the same number of shoes at the accused.

If the one called President Bush wishes to pardon the accused, he shall be released.

So speaks Hammurabi...so it shall be!

Because the Democrats have absolutely nothing better to do.

How much was he beaten and tortured until he asked for leniency... this reminds me on our American military pilot apology that was captured by Saddam back during the golf war.....

Give him new shoes,a uniform,and a gun and let defend his own country These people don't want us there and we should give them
a good christmas present and leave.

Insert stupid Dem remarks supporting this jerk here......

Dam – give the guy his shoes back!

How do you equate two missed shoe shots with a war that killed or maimed close to a million people?

I think that the guy was just giving old bushie a little example of shock and awe!

Hopefully he won't commit shoe-icide.

Like him or not, Bush is a head of state. Throwing shoes or anything else at any head of state must have consequences. The man threw shoes at Bush? Throw the book at HIM.

LOL

Spineless... wouldn't dare do it to Saddam... and now crawling to get out of it. At least he was able to express some freedom the US military provided for him. I bet he has no idea how truely American (sadly) he is acting. Too funny

free him

NO! He must pay! For having awful aim. At that distance he should have at least landed one of them.

"We will be greeted as liberators. The Iraqis will throw flowers" DICK Cheney.

If he goes in front of the camera and talks about how stupid his actions were, while an American interpreter stands by his side and translates into English, and then shakes his hand then maybe.... maybe this guy shouldn't have the crap stomped out of him again.

I say throw the shoe...I mean book...at him. Physical violence is never free speech and the level of popularity (or infamy) of the intended victim should not determine whether or not we apply the law.

Like him or not, Bush is a head of state. Imagine if the reverse happened here and our courts let off the attacker. The shoe thrower should be duly charged and punished.