Originally Posted by FSETH

I don't have to be politically correct here, but I will play.

If I were in say, Iran and I wasn't happy with Ahmadinejad the last thing I would do is attack him. You know why? Because I have some common sense and who knows what they would do to me if I did something to him. Why do people stand up for idiots who deserve what they have coming to them?

Obviously, this reporter had no common sense at all and he deserved every bit of what he got.

Originally Posted by JGQ

Being the somewhat resident Muslim/Arab/Palestinian/American on this forum, I would like to say:

Toda Raba/Thank you to pski215 and LeMansX5

With regard to the incident, here is my takeaway:
1. Mr. Bush handled it well
2. The reporter was irresponsible on many levels
- He verbally disrespected and physically attacked his Prime Minister’s guest and by doing that he disrespected his Prime minister. That is big deal in the Arab world which takes pride in hospitality
- He disrespected his profession which allowed him the access in the first place
- He did a disservice to his fellow reporters by behaving that way
3. The reaction:
- Those wants to pile on Bush see it as an opportunity to pile on some more.
- Those who don’t like Arabs will see as an opportunity to not like Arabs even more
- My reaction was: Oh Sh*t, here we go again… followed by Thank God it did not Land!
4. There is an undeniable comical aspect as being highlighted throughout the late night talk shows!

Just my $0.02

Originally Posted by Eric5273

Too bad he missed. :popcorn:

Originally Posted by sbriscoe