So if you haven’t seen it yet, and I know the regulars have, Dubya had a couple shoes thrown at him during his last tour of Iraq this past weekend. This, his second visit since he launched his war on terrorism, was seemingly to survey the work and take a little credit before leaving office next month. A “journalist” with apparently as much integrity as a Toronto Star or SUN staffer by the name of Muntadhar al-Zeidi was taking offense to Bush’s work and tossed both his shoes towards the outgoing President. My favourite part of a related article in the morning Metro went like this: “… many Iraqis (are) fed up with the nearly six-year U.S. presence here, but also fearful that their country will fall under Iran’s influence once the Americans leave.” I have a feeling that sentence will hold a lot of importance in a few more years, and perhaps one of us should make a note to come back to it.
Congratulations to the official author of OA, KP Wee, for having 25 copies of his book ‘No Runs, No Wins, No Glory: A Look Back at Tom Candiotti