President Bush made a surprise appearance in Baghdad today. At a news conference with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, an Iraqi in the audience threw both shoes at Bush. This is a favorite Iraqi insult that combines the shame of having things thrown at you with "unclean" aspect of the shoe and the sole of the foot.
I'm not sure if I'm more surprised by the Iraqi's impressive accuracy, Bush's quick duck, or the fact that Nouri al-Maliki was basically unsurprised by the whole affair and managed to nonchalantly block the second shoe-jectile with his hand.
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George Bush equates it to a guy shouting at him when giving a speech like “going to a political rally and having people yell at you” .
But I would actually say that its like being a Batsman in Cricket – the bowler had great Bowling delivery and Bush was out with a Duck .
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