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By now, everyone has seen the footage of an irate Iraqi journalist whipping his shows at President Bush. But you may not have seen his surprisingly thoughtful comments immediately afterwards:
Impressive. Of course, one wonders why Bush’s thoughts about ‘free societies’ was reflected exactly nowhere in his administration’s policies. Via TPM.
UPDATE: A few commentators on CNN Al-Quds Al-Arabi and elsewhere are making an interesting point: would the journalist have dared even criticize Saddam Hussein, let alone throw a shoe at him. Iraq is a mess, but there are small victories, I suppose.
December 15th, 2008 by graeme |
Let’s not assume progress until we find out what happens to Muntazer al-Zaidi, the journalist who threw the shoes. In November 2007, al-Zaidi was kidnapped and tortured. I doubt the Americans will treat him any more nicely this time.
Any theories on how al-Zaidi was able to get off two shoes before being subdued by a fellow journalist? And where was the much vaunted Secret Service?
Stupid al-Zaidi deserves what he gets. I cannot believe you are even siding with the idiot.
Nick