eric sundin

Freed to throw shoes

“First lady Laura Bush said she was offended by the recent ‘assault’ on her husband, who had two shoes thrown at him during a recent visit to Iraq. At the same time, however, she said the assault shows that Iraqis feel a lot freer than they did before. She further noted that President Bush is a ‘natural athlete’ as demonstrated by his ability to dodge the shoes.”

This Fox News 12/28/08 story inspired the following verse:

The ‘justifications’ for war cruel & criminal
range from outright lies to delusional, subliminal.

Here’s thus how bringing democracy goes:
Iraqis now free (sort of) to throw shoes!

Did not the shoes miss the President by luck?
No, a ‘natural athlete’ knows how to duck:

From shoes as from harsh reality
that inflicts death and brutality.

Millions by now displaced, dead or maimed
cowering from bullets & bombs rained.

So Mrs Bush, we’re they ‘natural athletes’ with pluck
surely the Iraqis could just have managed to duck?!

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-Muntadhar al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist, threw the shoes

edited 06/25/19 0750