Farewell to Bush
Public shoe beating is the worst insult and ridicule to which a person can be subjected to! This is how it is viewed not only in Asia, but I am sure in most of the world. The live TV pictures of Bush being at the receiving end of flying Iraqi shoes is really surprising, though not unexpected; given his deeds against Iraq! It is the expression of the suffering of Iraqis under the killing and destruction let loose by Bush. Given the circumstances; it is probably an appropriate farewell gift from Iraq; a pair of flying size 10 shoes! I do not remember of having heard or seen anywhere near this sort of insulting or demeaning situation that the head of any state had to face, in the last fifty years or so; as long back as I can recollect! Bush brought bombs on Iraq; and ended up being bombed by Iraqi shoes; not an inappropriate response. It reminds me of the famous lines of the poem:
Sceptre and crown
Must tumble down,
And in the dust be equal made,
With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Given Bushes shallowness; one wonders if he can fathom the significance of the flying Iraqi shoes. Lest we forget; it was a symbolic response of all the pent up misery and fury that represented the flying shoes from a brave Iraqi who dared to call, "a spade a spade"! Hats off to him.
Must tumble down,
And in the dust be equal made,
With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Given Bushes shallowness; one wonders if he can fathom the significance of the flying Iraqi shoes. Lest we forget; it was a symbolic response of all the pent up misery and fury that represented the flying shoes from a brave Iraqi who dared to call, "a spade a spade"! Hats off to him.
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