"illegal invasion" all invasions are "illegall" war isnt supose to be politicly correct.

In his shoes....

Iraqis (and Arabs in general, perhaps) must ask themselves: What if someone threw a shoe at Saddam Hussein during a press conference? Would he be detained and charged with endangering someone's safety by throwing an object? Or would he be summarily executed? Did Saddam Hussein even have press conferences where journalists could question his decisions or proposals? Those who support the shoe thrower must differentiate between supporting his sentiment, and supporting the act of hurling objects at a visiting leader. Another question: What if the shoe thrower didn't throw a shoe, but simply stood up and shouted at bush and yelled insults at Bush? He would have been forced to leave the room, but most likely he would not be detained or charged with a crime. But would have happened if he did this under Saddam Hussein? Do Iraqis want to go back to a society where they are not allowed to voice discontent with their government? If not for Bush, this journalist would not even have the ability to voice his disappointment, much less throw a shoe.

Saddam Hussein was the leader of Iraq. Bush is the leader of a nation 6000 miles away, and also of the nation that invaded Iraq. Do not compare apples to oranges, please.

Lawrence your one liners are as funny as the shoe throwing incident. Keep it up, I enjoy reading your posts. Thanx.

he's an idiot.

You are basically saying "If we have to choose between a tyrant who would execute us for saying anything against him (Saddam Hussein), and a foreign leader who would give us the ability to speak out against the government if we feel like it (Bush), then we will choose the tyrant (Saddam), because he is 'one of us' , and our leader. Yes he is a tyrant, but he is OUR tyrant." This makes me think of when the Iraq war first started. The opinion of many nations boiled down to this: "Yes we hate Saddam. We cannot stand him. He is horrible. We want him gone. But we do not want YOU, America, to be the ones who remove him." I guess this viewpoint is, or is not, understandable, depending on how bad one thought Saddam was. For me personally, if I think an action in the world must be taken, then I don't care who does it.