President George W. Bush gets a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity. — Page 2

People, who are defending him because it is the office of the Presidency, remember he is not the president of Iraq. He is the man who ordered the occupation. It's like if King George came and talked the colonials before the Revolutionary War. People are going to be mad because hundreds probably thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens have died. I know you think this is wrong that I am defending this but you have to look at this through the eyes of the world. Get your news from BBC not just FoxNews, MSNBC, CNN. It is because of this man that our country is looked at like heartless conquerers and not liberators.

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Updated On: 12/17/08 at 08:38 AM

Thank violet72 for the objectivity of your post and your accurate worldview on this matter.

It would seem likely that had Saddam remained in power there would have been far fewer lives lost in Iraq; and now, when there are far more concerning threats in that region, the West is in a much weaker position to address them.

I also find it ironic that those rushing to defend their head-of-state from perceived international disrespect are ignoring the disrespect accorded to my own head-of-state in a thread not far removed from this one. More double standards perhaps? Not that I personally have a problem with any of the disrespect shown to my own national leaders or any other - it is all part of what those who hold public office (elected or otherwise) should reasonably expect. If people (whether British, American or other) want to crack fart jokes about HMQ and express masturbatory fantasies about her grandsons they are exercising their right to do so. And if any head of state doesn't like what they get, they should think more carefully about the consequences of their decisions made in office.

Updated On: 12/17/08 at 05:01 AM

To update on the Republican Talking Point parroted by Goth: "Goes to show how much progress Iraq has made. Had that reporter done the same thing to Sadam, he would have been shot within seconds."

How things have changed- apparently, the reporter was beaten by members of the Iraqi President's security staff and can be sentenced to 7 years in prison.

And if you do not believe that conservatives send out "talking Points" for the faithful to parrot here's an assortment of "unsolicited opinions."

From a letter to the Dallas Morning News today: "I wonder if the journalist who threw his shoe at President George W. Bush in Iraq appreciates the fact that, had he thrown his shoe at the former leader of Iraq, he would have most likely been executed or worse."

A letter to the Tampa Bay Times: "Imagine the consequences of such an act just six years ago under the sadistic dictatorship of Saddam Hussein."

The Houston Chronicle: "Does anyone question what would have happened to him if Saddam Hussein was still running things? No doubt a bullet in the head moments later. How soon they forget."

Amazing isn't it?

"How things have changed- apparently, the reporter was beaten by members of the Iraqi President's security staff and can be sentenced to 7 years in prison"

That makes me sick...so we rid them of a ruthless dictator and replaced him with a government that hasn't changed or learned a lesson...funny doesn't that always happen to us when we replace heads of state, it always backfires on us (just look how we helped Saddam beat Iran and how that bit us in the butt)

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To the knee jerkies, Bush-whackers. Wait until the Obum becomes the "acting" President. Bush held the country together, Obum will give it away to special interests. He owes a lot to various money mobs.

There's a lot of things that go on behind the scenes in a Presidency. All the excellent things will come out when Bush Junior exits.

I didn't vote for the Obum.

There will be some very, very hard times ahead.

Shouldn't it be 0bum?

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No it taint.

i said keep going south. you always have to make your scenic detours, don't you?

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