Category: Odd + Funny Author : Duncan Riley Posted: January 29, 2009
Tags : bush shoes, iraq
Iraqi’s build giant shoe to honor Bush shoe thrower

Holidaying in Iraq? be sure to visit the giant shoe.
Residents in Saddam Hussein’s home town of Tikrit attended the unveiling of a shoe sculpture, remembering the Bush shoe throwing incident Thursday. The single copper-coated shoe on a stand carved to resemble flowing cloth by Baghdad-based artist, Laith al-Amari, is said to honor the shoe throwing and “is a source of pride for all Iraqis.”
The irony of course is that the show thrower, 29 year old Muntadhir Al-Zaidi is currently seeking asylum in Switzerland because he fears for his safety.
The sculpture includes an ode to al-Zeidi and mentions the virtues of being “able to tell the truth out loud.”





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Jan 30, 2009
Yeah, this shows what's wrong with the Middle East right here.
Granted, we didn't do super awesome in Iraq, but the whole idea of a journalist expressing himself, especially in such a manner, would have never been an OPTION before we came in and did our thing.
And now, they're once again expressing themselves… by giving us the middle finger, when we gave them the option to.
Why don't you just piss in your Wheaties, bite the hand that feeds you, and call it a night?
Oh, and you're welcome for the Freedom of Speech, assholes. It was paid for with our blood and money.
–Kyle
Jan 30, 2009
Strangely, not all the families of the 100,000 civilians killed in Iraq share your perspective.
I guess there's just no pleasing some people.
Jan 30, 2009
You can have all the “opinions” you want on this matter, but the fact is that this would never have been allowed prior to us.
End of story.
–Kyle
Jan 30, 2009
Kyle Brady, you'll be happy to hear that the shoe “monument” was taken down by the Iraqi government! Score one for the good guys!
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Jan 30, 2009
Kyle Brady, you'll be happy to hear that the shoe “monument” was taken down by the Iraqi government! Score one for the good guys!
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Jan 31, 2009
you americans are all weird – what a waste of energy arguing about what happened in Iraq. Everyone knows Dubya had no other interest in going there than oil and to wrongly try to convince the world that America can save the world. He's wrong of course – America will one day cause the biggest self destruction this planet has ever seen.
Idiots
Jan 31, 2009
if the Iraqis use their democracy similarly to Americans, then they will re-construct shoe sculpture after U.S. forces leave — twice as big
Feb 1, 2009
Too bad it didn't hit him in the face
Feb 1, 2009
'Shopped.
Feb 1, 2009
Hahaha. I love how he says opinions with quotes around it… I almost feel bad, because he looks like such a fool now.
End of story.
-aaa
Feb 1, 2009
kyle, you're an idiot
end of story.
Feb 1, 2009
What wonderful insight.
–Kyle
Feb 1, 2009
You too there, Baboosh.
–Kyle
Feb 1, 2009
If you don't know how to use an apostrophe you have no business writing a blog.
Feb 1, 2009
That's how I felt.
Feb 1, 2009
This looks almost too unbeliveable to be true!!
IS IT CHRISTMAS ALREADY??
Feb 1, 2009
An apostrophe does not mean “Holy shit! Here comes an S!”. Think about it. If “Iraqi's” has an 's, why doesn't “residents”. They can both be used in place of one another.
Feb 2, 2009
Yea except 100000 civilians didnt die…unless you consider al quida soldiers civilians…get your facts straight
Feb 3, 2009
first off, i hate to see ignorant foreigners bash America on any grounds. my patriotism tells me to dismiss their skewed views as simple uneducated bliss due to a lack of proper resources to teach themselves. that goes for Iraqi's (in their erecting of a monument that fails to take into account what was given while they simply focus on what was taken or changed) or comments on this here page.
also, its ironic how most of them barely manage to stay above the poverty line YET somehow find the money for this.
Feb 8, 2009
and it's because of arrogant comments like that foreigners hate us. Open up your mind and don't take everything FOX news gives you
Feb 9, 2009
That is AMAZING!
Bush deserved to have a shoe thrown at him, from anyone.
Feb 10, 2009
unbelievable
Feb 11, 2009
I agree with you Mike and we seem to be causing quite the meltdown right now. We seem to have fucked up the world economy single-handedly haven't we?
Feb 14, 2009
hey, buch did a lot of bad so learn what you are saying before you continue to talk out of your ass
Feb 14, 2009
Maybe you should learn to spell on the Internet before you go saying “fightin words”
–Kyle
Feb 28, 2009
Gee, how very xenophobic of you. What's next, a nigger joke? Or maybe something about how all France knows how to do is surrender, those always go down well.