"By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent - Analysis
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The hurling of shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush on his farewell visit to Iraq strikes many in the Middle East as a fittingly furious comment on what they see as his calamitous legacy in the region.
Arab and Iranian TV stations have gleefully replayed the clip, sometimes in slow motion, of an Iraqi reporter calling Bush a "dog" and throwing his shoes at him -- the Middle East's tastiest insults -- at a Baghdad news conference on Sunday." http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4BE39O20081215
See video: http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=95468&newsChannel=newsOne
In Middle East culture, it is an extreme insult to show someone the bottom of one's shoe. This incident may come off as humorous to those in the West, but the ramification of its significance will reverberate throughout the Middle East for some time to come.--aggie castronuevo johann
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The hurling of shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush on his farewell visit to Iraq strikes many in the Middle East as a fittingly furious comment on what they see as his calamitous legacy in the region.
Arab and Iranian TV stations have gleefully replayed the clip, sometimes in slow motion, of an Iraqi reporter calling Bush a "dog" and throwing his shoes at him -- the Middle East's tastiest insults -- at a Baghdad news conference on Sunday." http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4BE39O20081215
See video: http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=95468&newsChannel=newsOne
In Middle East culture, it is an extreme insult to show someone the bottom of one's shoe. This incident may come off as humorous to those in the West, but the ramification of its significance will reverberate throughout the Middle East for some time to come.--aggie castronuevo johann
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