Oh, W.

Shoe throwing.

Via BBC:

"Zaidi's attack was launched with the words "this is a farewell kiss, you dog"

"It's that cultural significance that has added real sting to the assault by an Iraqi journalist against US President George W Bush at a Baghdad news conference. "

"Many of Mr Bush's supporters will see it as a mean-spirited gesture against a man whose policies liberated the country from a vicious dictator.

To illustrate the point, in a previous age, the perpetrator would be facing a summary, and probably agonising, death if he had dared confront Saddam Hussein's regime in such a way. Instead Mr Bush has been praised for his dignified response. "

This morning I got a call from the Air Force One operator. When she put the call through, the voice on the other line sounded weary, tired, maybe a little resigned. The world is not comprehensible, but embraceable. Is it worth asking how things got this way? I guess we have to.