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'Shoedenfreude' and Shame: Reaction From Around Iraq
baghdadbureau.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/15/2008
'Shoedenfreude' and Shame: Reaction From Around Iraq
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Across Iraq, everyone seemed to have an opinion the flying footwear incident.
On the Hunt in Baghdad
michaeltotten.com - 12/15/2008
On the Hunt in Baghdad
— michaeltotten.com — by Michael J. Totten BAGHDAD -- “If your men conduct any raids,” I said to Captain Todd... Looney at Combat Outpost Ford on the outskirts of Sadr City, Baghdad, “I want to go.” “We might have something come up,” he said. “If so, I'll get you out ... (more) On the Hunt in Baghdad

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Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ‘So What?’
thinkprogress.org - 12/15/2008
Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ‘So What?’
— thinkprogress.org — Yesterday, after an Iraqi journalist used “ [t]wo of the worst insults in Islam ” against him,... an unfazed President Bush sat down with ABC’s Martha Raddatz for an exit interview in Iraq. When Raddatz asked Bush about his legacy, ... (more) Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ...

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An Empire of Sentimentality
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/16/2008
An Empire of Sentimentality
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — I think this kind of sentiment from Dave Dilegge at the COIN hotspot Small Wars Journal reflects... some dangerous trends in American culture: Ain’t this just dandy and a pisser to boot - those who have strived - and died - to ensure ... (more) An Empire of Sentimentality

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The Rude Pundit — ... Oh, sweet Muntader, you who is probably hanging hooded in a basement with electrodes on your nipples and nuts right now while the vast majority of your country celebrates your leather-soled middle finger to the nation that occupies it, all over America, people are smiling and nodding. Maybe that we should come up with other things that should be hurled at the President because that motherfucking monkey has slung his shit at us for eight years. ...

Beware the BushCow
Matthew Yglesias — Via Kevin Drum, an Iraqi chant that doesn’t sound very catchy in English: In the holy Shiite city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, demonstrators chanted: “Bush, Bush, is a cow, your farewell was by a shoe,” and, “The shoe got its goal straightly, but Maliki turned it away.” This got me thinking “are there any images easily available online that depict Bush as a cow?” The answer is yes: I would have thought that in the Arab world Bush would be ...

Nuanced Views on Muntader the Shoe Thrower
Weekly Standard Blog — ... The New York Times's Baghdad Bureau Blog does a good job of rounding up opinions of Iraqis on yesterday's shoe-throwing incident by an Iraqi "journalist" that targeted President Bush during a press briefing in Baghdad with Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki. Clearly there is a wide range of opinions by Iraqis on this incident. Some view it as an acceptable act of defiance, but many, even though they may not like President Bush, believe the incident was uncivilized, rude, and unprofessional for a journalist. ...

President Bush, Please Publicly Forgive Muntadhar al-Zeidi
Firedoglake — ... . For political reasons, forgiving this man would be nothing but beneficial. It would show that Americans can be tolerant. It would show that Americans are not vengeful. And it would show that we do not consider "insults" to be a matter for imprisonment: we do not hold one set of beliefs and values for ourselves, and another set for others. But this man, a citizen of Baghdad, makes the case better than I ever could: ...

Video: Michelle on the shoe-icide bomber
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Nothing happened yesterday that you wouldn’t see on certain American college campuses, she notes, but there’s something different about the reaction. Namely, shame : Saeed Naji al-Ibadi, a 49-year-old pharmacist, said: “There’s a reaction against this journalist and his improper behavior as he represents the journalists and educated people in our society. Because he should have rejected the American president with his pen or by embarrassing him with his smart questions, not with his shoes. I totally reject this behavior because it will damage the rights of individuals.” Nasir ...

Shoe-Thrower Subject to Imprisonment, Perhaps Torture
Whiskey Fire — ... . For political reasons, forgiving this man would be nothing but beneficial. It would show that Americans can be tolerant. It would show that Americans are not vengeful. And it would show that we do not consider "insults" to be a matter for imprisonment: we do not hold one set of beliefs and values for ourselves, and another set for others. But this man, a citizen of Baghdad, makes the case better than I ever could: ...

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