Iraq Invents
Weapon for Rulers that Lie: 'The Nuclear Shoe!'
"There is much to laugh about
here. As we have learned from Iraq over the years, there are many ways to
struggle against the occupier. But the best is to laugh in his face! So the
novelty at the end of 2008 is the 'nuclear shoe' from Iraq, soon to be utilized
against Arab leaders. … Attention all officials! … Watch your step!"
The shoe incident involving
[Iraqi journalist] Muntathar Al-Zaidi has been transformed into a gag that is
touring the world. Arab cell phones are abuzz exchanging dozens of jokes, like one
that says President Bush will demand that [Palestinian] President Abbas and the
journalists traveling to the White House with him come without shoes! Another
says that Arab leaders plan a decree requiring all journalists to remove their
shoes for all press conferences. ...
In less than 48 hours,
Al-Zaidi's shoes became more famous than the shoe of former Soviet President
Khrushchev, [who slammed the podium in the U.N. General Assembly in protest of
U.S. policies ]
… and Jacqueline Kennedy [widow of President John Kennedy]. Already, the former
coach of Iraq's national football team, Adnane Hamad, has offered $1,000 to
acquire the pair!
But the incident conceals the
real joke: that of the occupation of Iraq! … Bush has acknowledged to being
hasty in believing the accuracy of his own intelligence, and that the scale of
the damage was unexpected. Yes, "he made an error" … Oh! Let us not
dwell on this half-acknowledged fault! But there's a problem: this
"error" has cost the lives of thousands of people, including 22 Iraqi
journalists since 2003! You'll recall that the mere fact of admitting he was
wrong saw Tony Blair struck with rotten eggs,
and the courts condemned the author of the attack by forcing him to pay for
cleaning Blair's shirt! In the same way, striking leaders who lie to their
people with shoes and rotten eggs is the best punishment for them!
For my part, I
find that there's much to laugh about here. As we have learned from Iraq over
the years, there are many ways to struggle against the occupier. But the best
is to laugh in his face! So the novelty at the end of 2008 is the “nuclear
shoe” from Iraq, soon to be utilized against Arab leaders. … Attention all
officials! … Watch your step!
