‘So What’ About the ‘Beef’?

This entry was posted by owl and bear staff on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 12:33 pm.

When an interviewer pointed out that Al Qaeda was not in Iraq prior to the U.S. invasion, Bush responded by saying ‘So what?’

Let’s call it the Al Qaida defense.

Bush also used the Al Qaida defense when asked about Muntather Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who on Sunday threw his shoes at the President—a grave insult in Islamic culture—and shouted:

This is a gift from the Iraqis. This is the farewell kiss, you dog…This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.

Of Zaidi, who has been kidnapped by ‘gangs’ in Baghdad and detained twice by U.S. forces, Bush also said ‘I don’t know what the guy’s beef is.’

When asked to elaborate, Bush said:

Let’s face it, nobody in Iraq has any reason to be pissed. We kicked the butt of Saddam—and it was awesome, by the way, to see him hang—and every single death was worth it…Families—and people—were torn apart, sure, women and children brutally killed and some mutilated, orphans made, [there was] suffering aplenty, but we Americans really got to show the world that we’ll fight for freedom, even if it’s an unjustified drain on our economy and we won’t be able to actually respond to a real threat should one occur in the future, at home or abroad.

I wonder when the Zaidi’s shoes will wind up on eBay?