Treatment of Shoe Throwing Iraqi Journalist Raises Questions About US as Liberators

[iraq284]

Stfu slut .

[juki0h]

hey, dont take this the wrong way, but you look funny, in a good way

[MinieMermaid]

war on terror is just a war on islam ....... wht abt UN'z report sayin no weaponz of mass desctruction who is USA to gve freedom.......IRAQ Afghanistan now PAKISTAN all targets ov BLOODY BUSH....get the hell outta other countriessssss.... OSAMA IS MERE A BLOODY JOKE THEY CAN FIND ANIMALS LOST IN THE WILD BUT THEY CANT FIND OSAMA ....YES CUZ THE DAY THEY WILL FIND HIM ITLL BE OVER....

[hurataimad]

ignorant £$%, what "you have become

more babarian" you are calling us babarians, saddam was a despot put into power by YOU, you slapper, if he acted like a brute, it was because the CIA wanted it like that.

here was me, thinking this would be an informed vlog, instead it was drenched in the same american ignorance that made them arrogant enough to think that destroying iraq was GOOD!

[clearlyme2u]

Many words but you say so little.

[clockwise28786]

Ok well i see the news brainwashed u like most americans,(NOT ALL), but most. U think ammerica is helping iraq, OPen ur eyese they hate us samericans becuase americas no help.THink about that! They hate us. THere is no war wat so ever. its america kill inosent people. those guys that u see with bandanas are trying to save them selves. all bush wants is money land and oil. They dont think of him as a leader, thet burn the american flag!smart oneso how can u call hi there leader when they hate him

[SpartanOstrich15]

Hate us? If they hate us, why did the iraqi parliament re vote us in there. Not only did they re vote us in there, they voted US in the over ANY other country. Yeah, sounds like hate to me. No help? hey the iraqi parliament is VOTING. Over 70% of the people fighting in Iraq want to stay till the job is done. This isn't bush's war, congress voted on it. He can't just go hey go to iraq willy nilly.

[clockwise28786]

a dumshit bush made them vote he said if u dont vote we will nuke u! so what choice did they have!

[SpartanOstrich15]

ROFL no, he didn't he gave them the idea of democracy you stupid idiot.

[mangeymoose]

Hey dumbass !! Try throwing a shoe at Bush over here. Your ass would be in jail, too. Iraq is not under US laws. Bush can't tell them what to do with that guy. You can't let shit like that go unpunished. Everybody and his damn brother would be throwing shit at every public official in the USA !! Dumbass award, again !!!

[428odin]

it's estimated that one million people in Iraq are dead because of the war, so when you say "are war on terror" you should rephrase that to "are war of terror". America created a genocide in Iraq, terrorising and killing countless women and children, America are not liberators, this is an illegal war and a illegal foreign occupation of a country.. and also you say throwing objects is out of line, what about creating a genocide, do you think that's alright!? bush deserves a bullet not a shoe..

[Coleburg]

How exactly was it illegal?

Hussein violated the treaties he signed 1000x over, every single violation was justification for attack. Let alone the constant attacks on allied planes and kicking out the inspectors every other month.

Illegal is complete bs.

[428odin]

according to the UN it was an a illegal war. you know what i really can't stand people like you, because you don't put any value on human life, to people like you one million deaths is just a statistic, you can't even comprehend the magnitude of human suffering your country's "war of terror" has caused..

[Coleburg]

When did the UN say that? First of all, the UN is hardly an organization that has any kind of authority to declare war. There's no such declarations. It was the UN treaties that he constantly violated which specifically stated that violations justified any use of force. Illegal war is nonsense.

And I can't stand people like you because you didn't care when a million people died in the Iran-Iraq war, just when a capitalist country is involved. How many millions protested Russia's little war? Hm.

[clockwise28786]

right on dude thats so true there just killing innocent civilians. yea theres still the taliban, but y kill civilians?

[lulunarf]

I'm arguing that it sets a terrible precedent for free speech to prosecute this journalist. I don't think that the particular way that he expressed his opinion was something that should be encouraged. I'm just saying that throwing someone in jail for two years for insulting a foreign leader is a terrible blow to free speech.

[Coleburg]

So you think that journalists should be allowed to throw objects at people, including world leaders and not face any kind of prosecution? You think it would somehow infringe on their freedom of speech? Pffft.

This was all about getting attention. I was surprised that the punishment were not more severe. I would have thought that his outspoken support and links to terrorism would have given them an excuse to shoot him.

[MsticalPrincess]

Shit Coleburg...I would hate to live in any country you ruled.

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!!!!!! *eyeroll*

[Coleburg]

It would set a terrible precedent to not make an example out of this guy. You would have scenes like this all the time to get attention, which is what he wanted. Journalists need to stop thinking they deserve special treatment.

And the whole argument about not responding to terrorist attacks is suicidal. It's like saying that we shouldn't have declared war after Pearl Harbor because so many people would die in the war. It would have sent a far more horrific message to have not responded at all.

[lulunarf]

It's a good question. I mean, on the one hand, throwing objects is out of line. On the other hand, I definitely take issue with making insulting a foreign leader illegal. That means if he had asked a question as a reporter that was deemed insulting, they could put him in jail for two years. My main area of concern is the existence of laws like that.

[Coleburg]

Yeah, but that's not what he did. He actually attempted to physically harm the President. Doing that to anyone, much less a foreign leader should be dealt with harshly as a deterrent to others. If he gets away with it, I believe it will be done again and again by people looking to get in the news.

I agree that if he had simply insulted the President, then one would shrug and wonder how he got press credentials. However, he has known links to terrorists and it's a good excuse to put him away.

[SpartanOstrich15]

Plus to fact, in their culture it is very insulting to disrespect a guest, this is not our laws the U.S. has nothing to do with them which is good. We can't invade a country give it freedom and their right to vote then put our own laws or look at a law as unfair and then put our people in and abolish it. If the country became corrupt and a threat to it's own citizens, that would be different but that isn't happening.