According to the Associated Press, Muntadar al-Zeidi shouted “This is your farewell kiss, you dog!” to President George W. Bush. Al-Zeidi was a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt. He further said, “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.” Meantime, he was in the process of removing his size 10 shoes and hurling them at Bush.
We know now that President Bush ducked both shoes as they zipped past his head. Jennifer Loven, of the AP wrote that the shoes ” landed with a thud against the wall behind him” but in actuality, while they missed the head of President Bush, they hit the American flag and landed beneath the very symbol of freedom that American’s love and represent the freedoms that this ungrateful shoe-thrower is currently experiencing. He would have been put to death under Saddam for what he did!
Al-Zeidi disrespected the very group that shed it’s blood for “HIS” freedom right there in Iraq. Of course, Bush and America is concerned and sorrowful over the loss of life, hurt or maimed people as a result of war. America and the American people and military want freedom for all people. Al-Zeidi was wrong and his ungrateful attitude was not appreciated by the hundreds and perhaps thousands of military who also lost their lives and were maimed for the freedom of people like AL-ZEIDI!(Photo from CNN grab-Pool Photographer).