Giving Bush the Boot

If you want a snapshot of everything that George W Bush represents and how the US government have handled the war then the shoes thrown at the outgoing US President is just the kind of moment you'd ask for.

I couldn't believe someone had actually done it. Bush just stood there dumbfounded and later brushed off the incident.

My immediate response was to cheer. The Iraqi people have suffered a lot under Saddam and life hasn't really improved since the invasion. They've been trapped between the occupying forces and those who want to 'Free' Iraq. The symbolism of Bush finally getting a taste of what the people he has crushed with his ignorant regime actually feel might cause some remorse, but I doubt it. Instead, hopefully, it will be something the country can rally around in order to pull itself back together.

Maybe it is the beginning of true independence for Iraq once more.

Certainly the treatment that the reporter who threw his shoes appears to have gotten does not indicate that Iraq is as free as America would like every one to think it is. We all know that modern politics isn't about dealing with real problems, its about putting the right PR spin on things so that it looks like things are being done when they aren't.

I would like to think that the people of Iraq are ready to stand up to the US and that other countries would back them and support them. The US has ruined the world as its ideas of 'Democracy' and Capitalism have been shown to be hollow of meaning.

But what can take it's place? Does Barrack Obama have anything different to offer the world? Can he pick up the pieces of his countries past mistakes. It won't be long till we find out.


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