Lounge Daddy Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 [url="http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069220.html"]This is a growing trend, it seems[/url]. This could become fashionable; just toss a shoe at the Statist scumbags. Who will be next? Putin? Kim Jong Ill? Obama? Chavez? Brown? [indent] A shoe was recently hurled at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while he was in the city of Urmia, an Iranian Web site has reported. The incident in the Iranian city was an apparent imitation of a similar attack on former U.S. president George Bush in Iraq last year. Urmia News, the Iranian site, reported that Ahmadinejad was in a car en route to an election rally when the shoe was thrown. Ahmadinejad was traveling to a local stadium where he was meant to deliver a speech ahead of upcoming presidential elections. According to the report, a hat was also thrown at the Iranian president before his convoy sped away from the scene. [/indent] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew91 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 lol, this is hilarious. OH and oddjob from james bond was there with his unparalleled hat throwing abilities Well if kim jong il gets something thrown at him, it may be his own pair of high heels hehe... high heels do have that tomahawk like design which make them great for throwing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkwright Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Difference in Iran and Iraq? That guy in Iran is probably dead already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 [quote name='rkwright' post='1803107' date='Mar 10 2009, 09:14 PM']Difference in Iran and Iraq? That guy in Iran is probably dead already.[/quote] Rather than just beaten to the point of broken bones and put away. That chap did not meet a happy fate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkwright Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 [quote name='Hassan' post='1803108' date='Mar 10 2009, 08:19 PM']Rather than just beaten to the point of broken bones and put away. That chap did not meet a happy fate. [/quote] Rather be in jail with a sore jaw than 6 ft under no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 If the guy in Iran isn't dead yet, he probably wishes he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 [quote name='rkwright' post='1803113' date='Mar 10 2009, 09:24 PM']Rather be in jail with a sore jaw than 6 ft under no?[/quote] I really don't think "sore jaw" fits. By the accounts I saw the guy was really, really messed up. And not just once, the worked him over and I don't know if the beatings have stoped. Unfortunatly I think your right that this new chap has a grim future ahead of him should he be caught Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightofChrist Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 But did not the AP report that Bush's shoe thrower said he was in "good health", after there where reports he had been seriously injured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 [quote name='KnightofChrist' post='1803122' date='Mar 10 2009, 09:41 PM']But did not the AP report that Bush's shoe thrower said he was in "good health", after there where reports he had been seriously injured?[/quote] I don't know. Last I heard he was messed up. If those reports were false I'd be happy to hear it (honestly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightofChrist Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 According to The Associated Press, Al Baghdadia reported that Zaidi had been "seriously injured" during his detention and called on the government to allow lawyers and the Iraqi Red Crescent to visit him. Later, however, one of his brothers said that he had spoken by telephone with Zaidi, who told him, "Thank God, I am in good health," The AP reported. Terms of Use [url="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/16/mideast/iraq.php"]http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/16/mideast/iraq.php[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 [quote name='KnightofChrist' post='1803132' date='Mar 10 2009, 09:48 PM']According to The Associated Press, Al Baghdadia reported that Zaidi had been "seriously injured" during his detention and called on the government to allow lawyers and the Iraqi Red Crescent to visit him. Later, however, one of his brothers said that he had spoken by telephone with Zaidi, who told him, "Thank God, I am in good health," The AP reported. Terms of Use [url="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/16/mideast/iraq.php"]http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/16/mideast/iraq.php[/url][/quote] Good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Daddy Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 I had read that book [i]Children of Jihad[/i]. The author spent a long time in Iran, and it has gotten very very easy to stand up to Government there. Over 70% of the population are kids and young adults -- and they overwhelmingly despise their Government. They circumvent laws all the time, they have a massive black market that sometimes trades openly, they openly speak out against the government. The author of the book, who is young himself (and Jewish, btw) partied with the kids all the time. They showed him how they smuggle etc. It was eye opening, and is a great read. And also, the last time they had a student uprising (last year?), I don't recall reading about a massive back-lash from the state like the one a decade ago. The old guard in Iran is dieing out. It's only a matter of time, but I am sure that the young future leaders there are ready for some freedom. They are living it now anyhow, and the State cannot stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Daddy Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 I guess my point is that the kid who threw the shoes might be ok. The authorities are loosing their handle on the population, and the population seems to be acting out more publicly against the State in Iran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Lounge Daddy' post='1803194' date='Mar 10 2009, 09:40 PM']I had read that book [i]Children of Jihad[/i]. The author spent a long time in Iran, and it has gotten very very easy to stand up to Government there. Over 70% of the population are kids and young adults -- and they overwhelmingly despise their Government. They circumvent laws all the time, they have a massive black market that sometimes trades openly, they openly speak out against the government. The author of the book, who is young himself (and Jewish, btw) partied with the kids all the time. They showed him how they smuggle etc. It was eye opening, and is a great read. And also, the last time they had a student uprising (last year?), I don't recall reading about a massive back-lash from the state like the one a decade ago. The old guard in Iran is dieing out. It's only a matter of time, but I am sure that the young future leaders there are ready for some freedom. They are living it now anyhow, and the State cannot stop it.[/quote] Did he have a position in the State Department? Something like that? (I think I saw him on C-Span) Iran has long been friendly to us, the populace at least. Some of that changed when we, you know kicked out Mossadegh and propped up the shah , but from what I see all the data indicates the are a friendly nation to us overall in the population. So long as we don't do something stupid like, I ono put them on an "axis of evil" nation or given the populace some reason to need to "rally around the flag" Also we need to get out of the mindset that the "Muslim world" is all the same. There is a reason that Persian Iran is Shia rather than being Sunni like the Arabs. Edited March 11, 2009 by Hassan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Daddy Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 [quote name='Hassan' post='1803202' date='Mar 10 2009, 10:44 PM']Did he have a position in the State Department? Something like that? (I think I saw him on C-Span) Iran has long been friendly to us, the populace at least. Some of that changed when we, you know kicked out Mossadegh and propped up the shah , but from what I see all the data indicates the are a friendly nation to us overall in the population. So long as we don't do something stupid like, I ono put them on an "axis of evil" nation or given the populace some reason to need to "rally around the flag" Also we need to get out of the mindset that the "Muslim world" is all the same. There is a reason that Persian Iran is Shia rather than being Sunni like the Arabs.[/quote] Ya, you know the book I am talking about then. Jared Cohen. And I agree with you. Actually, many of the people he was talking to said that they were not at all like their government, and they didn't like being labeled. It just gives their government something to point to and say "see, I told you America hates us." They were telling the author to please tell America that they didn't like their government any more than we did. Those youngsters also said it's just a matter of time before it is [i]their[/i] turn to replace their government. They know that they outnumber the aging leadership, and their time is coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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