Release demanded for shoe-throwing journalist

my momma told me if there was a fox in the hen house you shot his ass.

He knew what he was doing was wrong. He should face the the consequences of his disrespectful actions.

If you claim capability of extradition of someone for "attempted harm of a us government official" then maybe someone might have the right to press charges.
As it is, we gave these people the right to express themselves. Who the hell are we to say that they cannot express their opinions?

He is a HERO. Because HEROES stand UP for their beliefs rather than exemplifying RESPECT for people who deserve it the LEAST.

Any statements that he was trying to inflict harm on the idiot are pointless. He WOULD HAVE USED A WEAPON.

Ask yourselves, if you have seen all that he has as a result of this war, would you not snap as well?

If only the dead Iraqi men, women, and children were lucky enough to be able to have dodged the bombs falling from above.

that was just hilarious to me!!!
Bush took it like a pro!!!
the look on his face the entire minute that went by was ok that was weird.

If he would have done this during Saddam's rule he would got his head cut off. He need's to throw his shoes at Al-Qaeda.

they broke his arm!!

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

That guy is being tortured as we speak by secret service agents.

While I don't condone his actions, it wasn't a freakin' bullet. They were a pair of hand me down shoes from payless. If you think that he deserves to rot in jail for that then you are way too butt hurt over this situation.

I would say that current state of our country deserves 20 billion shoes to be launched in Bush's general direction.

The protest footage looked recycled...

I just think it's interesting that he was so exposed in that conference room that somebody had a CHANCE to throw a shoe at him. You would think that the blatant hatred and or malice towards him from the Iraqi people would lead to some slightly better security practices by the Secret Service. How ironic would it have been if a shoe had hit him just right and actually hurt him.

I think this should be a new form of protest.

Next time Bush goes to speak somewhere in America, people should start throwing shoes at him. Hundreds to thousands of shoes flying on stage, pelting him at every botched sentence...

It would help to repair the rift between America and the rest of the world, and let Bush know he's not safe from the Sole Assault anywhere in the world.

At the very least, he deserves that...

This is the shoe heard 'round the world!

From some of the comments about how Saddam would be worst, may I remind you that the US helped Sadam gain power in Iraq?

My only disappointment with the journalist is that he missed... twice :P

philistine; he should have thrown a rock, rocks are more ubiquitous than shoes in Iraq and they are easier to throw too. lol. j/k

The statement was spot-on and fantastically delivered!! Cheers to the man_if only WE as Americans had half the backbone HE did we might not have been tortured with 8 years of his poop-stink policy!!!

whatever the punishment is for throwing a shoe at someone in iraq........should be his punishment.......nothing more......nothing less
I still would like to buy him a case of beer

don't you remember when Fozzy Bear from the muppets would tell bad jokes and the audience would shower him with fruits and veggies........did he press charges on anyone for assualt? did any of them go to jail?

G.W. is like Fozzy Bear, as he is the biggest, unfunny joke ever.

guidedtotarget:
if i declare an illegal one-sided war on your country, occupy it, destroy the history, culture and fabric of that country, create a power void and a new decades-long civil war under the pretense of a "democracy", and secretly pillage all the intrinsic resources from your country, not to mention the deaths of at least 100,000 of your fellow citizens, some of whom were likely family members, then YES. YES, i would give you complete permission to hit me in the face with a shoe. high heels even. In fact, this is the exact reason that said shoe-thrower won't be prosecuted.
and i'm not a Bush hater. that's far too easy. He is a simple, weak, pitiful, hateful, petty little man. not even really worth hate. really, what he's worth, is a shoe throw.

Can you just imagine the American equivalent of Muntadhar the Shoe Thrower?

Throwing shoes is hardly an assassination attempt. Normally I would'nt approve of this behavior but I detest Bush so much I can't bring myself to condem it. Bush does not deserve respect. He has no respect for his own office or the American People. I bet for each person who thinks this behavior is bad there's at least two who wish they had thrown the shoes.

It would've made my year to see Bush get his face busted by a shoe! Doesnt get much better

Just another shameless display of ignorance and arrogance on G-Dub's part. As if I wasn't already sure about it, just him being there in Iraq pretty much made up my mind

Bush has pretty fast reflexes!

It's called the rule of law. This law that was broken is called assault. I'm sure all of you would like to be protected from someone who was trying to assault you. If not, speak up. I'd like to hear from those of you who would like to be hit in the face with a shoe. I don't mean the Bush haters, I mean intelligent people.

This is unparalleled genius. The symbolism, the timing, the location.
the "immaturity" of the act from a western perspective, and simultaneous "profundity" of the act from an arabic perspective. The fact that it was a journalist. it's too perfect.
i hope they give this man his own day when iraq finally gets its country back.
why, oh why couldn't he have connected?
I still can hardly believe this happened - someone actually THREW A SHOE at a WORLD LEADER!!! HA!!!!!

where was this shoe throwing panzy when saddam was
his leader? lame.

I release the demand of the journalist throwing shoe.

I wonder how much of the world has dyslexia.

What are they waiting for? Give this guy a parade & the key to the city. I'm amazed it took this long for someone to stand up & give him a taste of his own medicine.

The media coverage of this story seems to suggest that throwing a shoe at someone as a sign of contempt is unique to Arabs. I've never known it to be anything but. Just pointing out its ridiculous redundancy.

Someone needs to stand up for whats right and just and what this guy did was minor, not major. He threw his shoes at a dictator, not my president. My president doesn't steal elections, plots a scam to invade and occupy a country profits fromit, destroys our constitution while taking away our freedoms and liberties, killing children and their mothers, fathes, etc...
Remember "shock and awe?" How would you feel if you lived there and a missile killed your family because you were an Iraqy citizen? Probably the same way this reporter did! He was punished for his actions by getting his ass kicked behind close doors.
We have been sheep for too long and look whats happened. We have been robbed and conned.

And Clutch- I get my facts from various sources. I bet you get yours from Fox News!!!

i hope the guy does get locked up. u dont throw shit at the president. no matter how crappy he is.

Should we let Bush throw a couple of shoes at this clown? Wouldn't that be an eye for an eye?

If Iran's President was speaking in America and Anderson Cooper threw two shoes at his head from point blank range I believe most Americans would be embarrassed. I also believe Anderson would not be excused for his actions, why would he be? He would face consequences for that type of immature behavior.

There are levels of respect that must be upheld between international leaders and the press that follows them. What gives the press the right to assault the individuals they cover?

It's appalling to read some of these comments that condone this behavior.

you know this a deep issue
and funni funni
i cant stop laughing.

if you think a shoe is bad the Most High One God will throw
much more him.that is a fact

footlocker anyone.
peace-in

as bush himself said following the shoe toss.. it's part of a free society for someone to have the right to seek attention .. now in reality this man was not seeking attention .. he was a courageous man passionately wanting to make a statement.. and in the arab culture the sole of the shoe offered is the ultimate show of disrespect .. of which it's arguable bush is due.. this man made a statement of protest .. and while bush lamely tries to downplay the statement made by this man.. claiming he just wants attention? he also claims.. in a free society.. you have that right.. so why not let him go.. ducking a pair of shoes seems an easy exchange for the thousands of iraqi's killed.. the hundreds of orphans and widows left.. the destruction of infrastructure . in a free society .. this man has the right to show his disrespect it was not an attempt to kill. a bloody nose maybe but .. it was to make his democratic right to show disrespect .. like when bush flips the finger at someone .. or invades and destroys a country

woman, you're a woman.

At least it wasn't Manolo Blahniks thrown at Bush. Seriously, Bush might not win friends, you have to say that the journalist was rude for doing that, to a guest in his country. He can hate the U.S. president, but he could've refrained himself. It seems he wanted the attention.

Did he get his shoes back?

As hysterical as it is to throw a shoe at someone out of disrespect, you have to think that if the journalist had done this to a fellow Iraqi, he would have been shunned permanently from his entire community.

I can say, however, that I will be slipping off my Chuck Taylor's and hurling them at the next teacher that undermines me.
I am excited about that idea.
:D

Why didn't he throw the weapons of mass destruction instead?

Informed Texan said it best; if they let this guy go they are setting a dangerous precedent- even if you think Bush is an idiot, war criminal, etc etc etc, that doesn't mean we should excuse OTHER acts of flagrant douchbaggery. Ain't yo mommas ever tell ya two wrongs don't make a right?

Muntadhar al-Zeidi is forever in my heart. At least one person can straight up stand up to Bush, we all know we want to. There really is no reason to be holding him guilty of anything that severe, the government just has the power to exaggerate as we've seen happen so very often.

No video guy...I'm just someone who doesn't blame all my problems on one man. I'm smart enough to know the basics. I just don't go around calling someone a mass murdering and comparing him to Hitler. That's without wisdom. Seriously, to everyone who blaims Bush for your problems...what happens when BO takes over and in 2-4 years, there's very little change? Are you going to blame Bush for that?

Probably. It's like tthe idiots to blames the pres for high gas prices. Really? Can we give him credit than for the drop in oil prices? My point, some people have no educated ideas when it comes to politics. Stick to what you're good at and leave politics to those, who at least, have a bsic understanding of the process.

You'll see, BO is already backing on his promises because he's learning very quickly the truth about Washington.

realitybytes - you're probably someone who gets all of his information from the news. Clearly, all you're doing is taking the far left side = hippies of the worst kind. You ahve no idea what you're speaking of. Murder? Are you still in high school? Do you know the first thing about national politics or foreign policy? Do you have the first clue to which you're speaking of?

Not to worry, I already know your answers...or lack thereof.

Clutch is obviously a republican, i apologize for him. I don't know him and am not a republican. I don't like Bush. I think Muntadhar al-Zeidi should be released. I mean hell, he did what every sane American has wanted to this "leader" If anyone gets offended by this chump, forget it, after all, Obama is our next president.
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if you don't like what i said, then bring on the hate

if he got that close to throw shoes why didn't he throw rocks. wait a minute ! thats a country of sand. hell i will send a box rocks got plenty where i live.

get over our hatred for Bush? are you serious? this idiot and i mean idiot, has murdered thousands and thousands of innocent people all over the world including our own- over 4,200 troops died and billions of dollars profited by defense organizations. so please with your garbage opinions!

A steel toe boots are much better , they are heavier.

get over our hatred for Bush? are you serious? this idiot and i mean idiot, has murdered thousands and thousands of innocent people all over the world including our own- over 4,200 troops died and billions of dollars profited by defense organizations. so please with your garbage opinions!

Bush finally found the wmd , the stynky flying shoes of the iraqui people.

Most of you are idiots. Seriously, get over your hatred for Bush. Quit blaming him for EVERYTHING. Check this: if it weren't for Bush, that guy would be slaughtered by now - under Saddam's rule. So, go ahead and bash the guy that paved the way to give you the right to throw a shoe and live. It's like the idiots who yell and curse at the troops. Makes no sense whatsoever. Enjoy your freedoms without cursing those who help provide them to you. "I'd rather you said thank you and wnet on your way..."

"Showing the sole of one's shoe to someone and throwing them are signs of extreme disrespect in the Arab community."

Err...I think throwing your shoe at someone would be disrespectful in a lot more communities than just the Arab community.

Damn!!!! If only certain people knew it was that easy, we probably wouldn't have had to deal with Bush for 8 years... Tsk, tsk....

Bush deserves every disrespectful act or protest against him, he is the biggest pile of garbage ever and a real terrorist, no matter what some of the blind masses will say to disprove the fact. I wish this reporter connected with one of his shoes!

to quote one of my friends "I'm astonished by how endlessly amused I am by this who shoe throwing thing. It's so rad I can't even stand it."

That's precious. Bush deserves it. What a fitting tribute.

The cherry on top of Bush's presidency.
How sad!

You cant blame a guy for throwing a shoe at someone who is occupying your country, I would do the same.