Shoes thrown at Bush-Now with shoe related jokes! Shoely not

Last edited by DrPepperMan on Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:32 am, edited 1 time in total.

A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference.

An Iraqi journalist was wrestled to the floor by security guards after he called Mr Bush "a dog" and threw his footwear, just missing the president.

The soles of shoes are considered the ultimate insult in Arab culture.

During the trip, Mr Bush and Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki signed the new security agreement between their countries.

The pact calls for US troops to leave Iraq in 2011 - eight years after the 2003 invasion that has in part defined the Bush presidency.

Speaking just over five weeks before he hands over power to Barack Obama, Mr Bush also said the war in Iraq was not over and more work remained to be done.

His previously unannounced visit came a day after US Defence Secretary Robert Gates told US troops the Iraq mission was in its "endgame".

'Size 10'

In the middle of the news conference with Mr Maliki, a reporter stood up and shouted "this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog," before hurtling his shoes at Mr Bush, narrowly missing him.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7782422.stm

Last edited by Iron Nan on Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Mercenaries wrote:I can throw my shoe if you want!

I thought maybe the Special Service guards would've been quicker - the guy got to throw both his shoes.

They forgot to put explosives in the shoes, amatuer mistake.

I thing I have learnt today - President Bush is a very fast mover!

DrPepperMan wrote:I thing I have learnt today - President Bush is a very fast mover!

That's what she said.

I wasn't expecting Bush to duck so quickly. Pretty fast reflexes for someone that dumb...

Fair play to Bush those were some mighty fine reactions and then laughing it off.

He comes off as one cool sausage in that vid :lol:

The idiot missed.

NickSCFC

Someone NEEDS to make a GIF with the scene near the end of the Matrix with Neo dodging bullets...

but with Bush's face instead of Keanu's and shoes instead of Bullets!

Festive Exception wrote:The idiot missed.

Twice.

He'll never live it down.

Craig wrote:
Festive Exception wrote:The idiot missed.

Twice.

He'll never live it down.

I know, you only get one shot at something like this.

I don't know what to make of Bush's facial expressions!

Who throws a shoe?

President Evil wrote:

That's brilliant :lol:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5D5oKEVqQJg

DrPepperMan wrote:
President Evil wrote:

That's brilliant

The journo clearly misunderstood the terrorists' instruction to "shoot" Bush.

Bush comes off as well as anyone could do after having a shoe launched at you and then another. 37 seconds into that bbc video though shows the speed it was thrown. :shock:

That would have knocked me out.

It's almost as if Bush expected the shoe to be thrown since before it actually happened. :shock:

HMM.....?!?

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