Watch out for that shoe, Mr. President!

[Deckard]

Originally Posted by cacophony

8 years and we never knew he was a ninja.

and we only find out just as he's getting the boot.

(sorry)

[gambit]

The shoe-thrower should've said, "Here's your weapon of mass destruction!"

Cacophony, he's been dodging questions and threading the needle for eight years. He could probably go all Neo on us and dodge bullets.

[BeautifulBurnout]

Nice to see that Muntadar al-Zaidi is getting some support...




(and I think war = terrorism, btw )

[stimpee]

i thought it was a bit slapstick...

[Sean]

I've always been disturbed by the habit of reporters focussing on how many Americans have been killed, but not really mentioning the Iraqis killed. That never made sense to me. Victims are victims whether they're from here or there.

[IsiliRunite]

Originally Posted by heavens_night

Muntadar Al Zeidi is my new fucking hero. Goddamn I wish one of those shoes hit their mark ....

Violence creates peace.

[Deckard]

Originally Posted by stimpee

i thought it was a bit slapstick...

Haha, brilliant!

[heavens_night]

Originally Posted by IsiliRunite

Violence creates peace.

And you've have succeeded in turning my joy into shame .... Damn you and your good point.

[myrrh]

Originally Posted by King of Snake

war = terrorism?

btw not sure where the link with Hiroshima comes from. The situations are not really comparable wouldn't you say?

That was the only number I could come up with off the top of my head that had to do with the US killing mass amounts of people.

I don't think that the situations are quite the same, but now that you mention it, our current situation is worse because the Iraqi's weren't doing anything to justify us killing so many of their people. At least we were technically at war with Japan when we decided to start dropping bombs on them.

[Deckard]

From the always-reliable Peter Brookes in the Times:


Steve Bell's now iconic depiction of Bush:


Matt in the Torygraph: