This isn't suppose to be a joke on Bush, its suppose to be a joke on radical Islamics who look far more stupid in this incident.
Well, your right when you first statement that this isn't supposed to be a joke. There's nothing funny about the way we are viewed in Iraq, or that my country's military actions in the middle east have cost the lives of civilians.
But given that the first four letters in the title of this thread were LMAO, I took it as "pie in the face" humor, albeit a shoe to the face. It could also be looked at as ironic hilarity that bush was there to do a victory lap in front of the press, and while patting himself on the ass a
reporter attacked him. Or you could look at the irony of this being the first appearance he has made outside of a U.S. military installation in Iraq, perhaps as a way to prove to the press that Iraq is a safe place now, and this is what happens. Or maybe to prove to the press that even if we weren't greeted as liberators, at least he can feel like one in public in Iraq without scorn or criticism. Whoops, there goes a shoe.
Also, I didn't take away from this story that Islam, much less radical Islam had anything to do with it. There were no religious connotations to Muntadar al-Zeidi's words, "This is a farewell kiss, you dog. This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq." This man is a journalist, not a terrorist, radical, or "insurgent". I really don't see the connection between this and radical Islam. This incident
could be a case of, or make a case for reactionary Islam, however. Though there is no evidence of this, either. At any rate, I'm weary of Mr. bush, the war in Iraq, and everything that these two subjects bring.
An actual pie would have been truly chuckle-worthy, though. This event is just the depressing reality of where we are in Iraq.
