Yeah sure, throwing shoes at the President might be disrespectful but THREE years in prison!! What? To be honest I think Muntadar al-Zaidi (the Iraqi journalist who threw them) had every right as he felt it was hypocritical that President Bush had surprised Iraq with a 'farewell dinner' after 5 years occupying their country and killing innocent people.
In Arab culture it is a grave insult to throw shoes at someone but I think Zaidi's motive was to get a message across that many people had felt in Iraq. I mean it's a stupid thing to do really, seeing as George Bush was the President but even he laughed off the incident. I think being charged with 'attempted assault on a foreign leader' is extremely harsh considering the nature of the supposed "attack", afterall how many people get seriously injured from having shoes thrown at them?
I am definitely anti-Bush so I could be seen as bias defending this man but I think occupying and bombing a country for 5 years is a little more extreme than throwing a shoe at someone. And I definitely would've done the same...the only difference is, I would have aimed a little closer to his head!
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