Does the shoe throwing incident with Present Bush prove that we are winning in Iraq?

This is the middle east equivalent of clamoring for your 15 minutes of fame. Capitolizing on Bush's unpopularity at the height of his lame-duckedness is the proof in the pudding.

i am iraqi myself and i think this act is not acceptable

people say this is a sign of democracy this is just bull....

how is it democratic or mature to throw shoes at someone you don't like why do you have tongue then ??????

you can argue and speak with it a tell people your opinion

do you think this is something iraqi can be proud of we are known as nice host and not irrespectively retards

in anyway the one that threw the shoes is from baghdadya tv - a

channel that supports saddam and always makes fun of the government although their decision are respectable such as the decision of america to stay in iraq until 2011

if you think about this story of throwing the shoes as development of iraq

it would be wrong but the response to this action is a development

they didnt kill the person instead they are leading a process against him and they are treating him like anyone else not respecting the law

this is good and this shows teh iraqi democracy

No, I don't think the shoe-throwing incident proves that we liberated Iraq. I think the free elections for the new Iraqi government proved that we liberated Iraq.

But at what costs? We mourn the 4000 or so service men and women who lost their lives in Iraq. But there have literally been tens of thousands of Iraqis that have been killed in the crossfire. All because of "faulty intelligence." Hussein was, indeed, hurting his own people but there was law in the country, stability, a government that functioned and they had infrastructure to make money. Now they have none of these things and although they are making great strides, they are not ready to be on their own despite their desire to be independent. Free speech is not worth what we've taken that country, or our own country through.

The shoe thrower is an immature known protestor. He's known for protesting a lot. I'm sure many people are still influenced under Saddam dictatorship and now are trying to see what they can get away with now that Saddam is gone.

The show throwing incident shows that there is a large number of Iraqis who are dissatisfied with the US occupation of the country.

Yes it does. I am sure the reporter is extatic that Saddam was supported and installed by the american government. I think he would also be grateful to bush that half of his family if dead from the war.

Mission Accomplished!

Actually it means that 100,000 innocent Iraqi civilians died in the war and the chaos that resulted from poor planning, and hundreds of thousands more became exiles in other countries, because Bush decided to attack.

Considering the reporter wa a former member of the Bathist party (Saddam's political party) I would say yes.

that the reporter had the audacity, the chutzpah to try and hit a visiting head of state?

That is considered "winning? by virtue of his newly found courage?

Every body and anybody who is not armed will be targets then, for demonstration of NFC (newly found courage)

I doubt if the IRAQIS are remotely amused by that theory.