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They hate us for our shoes. Somewhere in what passes for the deeper regions of President Bush's mind might come that reassuring giggle of a thought as he once again rationalizes away Iraqi ingratitude for the benevolence he has bestowed upon them. Ever at peace with himself,giuseppe zanotti sale, despite many obvious reasons not to be,isabel marant coupon code, Bush quipped,discount merrell barefoot shoes, "I didn't know what the guy said but I saw his sole." But the lame jokes no longer work. The shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist is now a venerated celebrity throughout the Mideast,Isabel Marant outlet, and his words to the president - "this is the farewell kiss,roger vivier boots, you dog" - will stand as the enduring epitaph in the region on Bush's folly,giuseppe zanotti outlet, which is the reality of his claimed legacy of success in the war on terror. That and the shoe-thrower's devastating follow-up as he threw his second shoe, "This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq," a reminder that we have used much deadlier force than a shoe in the shock-and-awe invasion once celebrated in the American media as a means of building respect for democracy. This was more than a presidential photo-op gone wildly awry. One might suspect that the weekend event was designed originally to draw attention from the Friday release of the long awaited 's report on Bush's torture policy. combat deaths in Iraq - as judged by their effectiveness in recruiting insurgent fighters into combat - are,merrell shoes on sale, respectively the symbols of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo." Not only has the Bush administration subverted the image of the United States' commitment to the rule of law and justice, but it has done similar damage to our reputation for economic efficiency. taxpayers more than $1 trillion. The results,Roger vivier, as the Times' account of the report put it, are abysmal: "The hard figures on basic services and industrial production compiled for the report reveal that for all the money spent and promises made, the rebuilding effort never did much more than restore what was destroyed during the invasion and the convulsive looting that followed." No wonder then that we are perceived as blundering bullies by so many in the region that we claimed to be interested in modernizing. That an Iraqi journalist,isabel marant buy online, whose family had been victimized by and who was kidnapped by insurgents while attempting to work as a journalist,Giuseppe Zanotti Sneakers sale, came to so loathe the American president,isabel marant price, as does much of the world, should serve as the final grade on the Bush administration. It should also serve as a caution to President-elect Barack Obama,buy roger vivier shoes, as he seeks to triangulate withdrawal from Iraq with an escalation of the far more treacherous attempt to conquer Afghanistan. In the end, it does not matter that our claimed intentions appear noble, if our practice on the ground adds up to an mélange of brutal incompetence. It is significant that increased troop deployment to Afghanistan was recently announced by Secretary of Defense ,Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, who will hold that same post in the new Administration. This is the same Gates who in his 1996 memoir details how, as a member of the Carter administration, he was involved in supporting the These foreign adventures always start out so wonderfully: We will be greeted as liberators, democracy will flourish,roger vivier online, the West will be safer,roger vivier shoes sale, and instead we end up ever more scorned. The media traveling with Bush reported it as a victory of sorts that no reporters in Kabul threw shoes at our president during his press conference there. 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