Two Steps Back
One step forward and two step back
Nobody gets too far like that
One step forward and two steps back
This kind of dance can never last
--Desert Rose Band, One Step Forward
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper
--The Hollow Men, T.S. Eliot
I haven't seen such bravery since Dunkirk
--The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone,
Tennessee Williams
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We are there for democracy, except when we are not.
The Phony War on Terror (PWOT ©) is a wicked bad tool for spreading democracy. Take the shoe, for instance.
Somehow those crazy Iraqis got it into their heads that they could express themselves in a public venue, hence the unfortunate tale of reporter Muntazar al-Zeidi, the shoe-thrower. Voice is all good and well, if you're "Reading Lolita in Tehran" in America. But you mustn't dis the one who brought you all of this glorious freedom, else you want a good ass-whuppin' and wish to find yourself in the gulag of your nightmares.
Which is precisely where Mr al-Zaidi sits. Even those who wish to note his action are silenced.
Iraqi sculptor Laith al-Ameri made a fiberglass shoe sculture for a Tikrit orphanage, which was removed the day after it was erected (Monument to Bush Shoe Throwing).
Faten Abdulqader al-Naseri, the orphanage director, said,
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's order to destroy the sculpture is the move of a tyrant and a dictator, not a democrat. It was cowardly and craven, and the demolition was supervised by the Tikrit police force.
"What made me do it was the humiliation Iraq has been subjected to due to the U.S. occupation and the murder of innocent people," al-Zeidi told the court last week. "I wanted to restore the pride of the Iraqis in any way possible, apart from using weapons."
When al-Zeidi threw his shoes at Bush, he shouted in Arabic: "This is your farewell kiss, you dog! This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq (Iraqi Says He Threw Shoes at Bush to Restore Pride.)"
Reporter al-Zaida had more cahones than our entire Congress.
The Phony War on Terror (PWOT ©) is a wicked bad tool for spreading democracy. Take the shoe, for instance.
Somehow those crazy Iraqis got it into their heads that they could express themselves in a public venue, hence the unfortunate tale of reporter Muntazar al-Zeidi, the shoe-thrower. Voice is all good and well, if you're "Reading Lolita in Tehran" in America. But you mustn't dis the one who brought you all of this glorious freedom, else you want a good ass-whuppin' and wish to find yourself in the gulag of your nightmares.
Which is precisely where Mr al-Zaidi sits. Even those who wish to note his action are silenced.
Iraqi sculptor Laith al-Ameri made a fiberglass shoe sculture for a Tikrit orphanage, which was removed the day after it was erected (Monument to Bush Shoe Throwing).
Faten Abdulqader al-Naseri, the orphanage director, said,
"Those orphans who helped the sculptor in building this monument were the victims of Bush's war. The shoe monument is a gift to the next generation to remember the heroic action by the journalist."
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's order to destroy the sculpture is the move of a tyrant and a dictator, not a democrat. It was cowardly and craven, and the demolition was supervised by the Tikrit police force.
"What made me do it was the humiliation Iraq has been subjected to due to the U.S. occupation and the murder of innocent people," al-Zeidi told the court last week. "I wanted to restore the pride of the Iraqis in any way possible, apart from using weapons."
When al-Zeidi threw his shoes at Bush, he shouted in Arabic: "This is your farewell kiss, you dog! This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq (Iraqi Says He Threw Shoes at Bush to Restore Pride.)"
Reporter al-Zaida had more cahones than our entire Congress.
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UPDATE, 3/13/09: Muntazar al-Zeidi has been sentenced to three years in jail for expressing himself. Ain't democracy grand?
UPDATE, 3/13/09: Muntazar al-Zeidi has been sentenced to three years in jail for expressing himself. Ain't democracy grand?
Labels: laith al-ameri, muntazar a;-zaida, PWOT, tikrit shoe sculture
posted by rangeragainstwar at 8:10 AM
6 Comments:
To all readers;
Ranger must wonder why their is no bail set in this case. jim
Hofra told us we should tolerate the people and the things that make me wanna hate
oh have a little mixed mercy on me, this seasoned beauty in this human pageantry
Jesus Christ came down here as a living man
if he can live a life of virtue then I hope I can
unto others as you would have a turn
back here and repeat until you learn, learn, learn
Whoa! Every drop that run through the vein
always makes it's way back to the heart again
every dog that lived his life on a chain knows what it's like WAITING FOR NOTHING!
boots of chinese plastic
ghost dansing,
The eternal return is a rather sobering thought. Meanwhile, don't those plastic Chinese boots look smashing!
there have been small little spontaneous disruptions following the shoe throwing.
loads of shoes are showing up at the bush library site.
i hope that if bush dares to show his face in public people will remove their shoes and hold them up. soles facing bush. not throw them. just stand there holding them aloft.
bush shamed our nation, disregarded our ideals and morals. he needs to be told that he is not an acceptable representative for the nation.
MB,
Not only does Bush need to be told -- we need to remind ourselves that we are not utterly impotent, and that the right and responsibility for protest resides within us.
Your suggestion on a show of solidarity is a good one. It should happen every time Bush makes a public appearance, until his actions are investigated, or until he shows some acknowledgment of the damage he has caused.
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