Monument to Bush Shoe-throwing incident erected in Iraq.
January 30, 2009
Article from CNN: Monument to Bush show-throwing shines at Iraqi Orphanage
It flat out does not get any better than this. The Iraqis may often be accused of not moving fast to re-build their country, but if you need a copper sculpture whipped out in a few weeks, hit them up.
“A huge sculpture of the footwear hurled at President Bush in December during a trip to Iraq has been unveiled in a ceremony at the Tikrit Orphanage complex.
Shoe Monument
Assisted by children at the home, sculptor Laith al-Amiri erected a brown replica of one of the shoes hurled at Bush and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki by journalist Muntadhir al-Zaidi during a press conference in Baghdad.”
“The shoe monument, made of fiberglass and coated with copper, consists of the shoe and a concrete base. The entire monument is 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) high. The shoe is 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) long and 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) wide.
The orphans helped al-Amiri build the $5,000 structure — unveiled Tuesday — in 15 days, said Faten Abdulqader al-Naseri, the orphanage director.”
Although we may find this quite humorous, make no mistake of the point these Iraqis are trying to make. the do not like Bush, at all. The fact someone felt compelled to spend five grand to build this thing – which is probably like fifty grand here – says something about the level of disdain the Iraqi people have for Bush. The problem is, we as Americans also look bad because we were responsible for allowing this idiot to run our country for eight years.
Al-Zaidi, the guy who hurled the “Size 10″ at Bush back in December is still jailed and awaiting trial. Rest assured the Iraqi people won’t take lightly to having this guy held for an extended period of time. Let’s hope he gets off with a little community service and not a noose around his neck. If he does get the noose, we must ask ourselves what was the point of invading Iraq in the first place? Oh yea, WMD. I think the shoe had traces of anthrax on it.
