I don't know what his beef is.

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"I don't know what his beef is."

So sayeth Mr. George W. Bush in response to an Iraqi journalist trying to hit him with a pair of shoes.

Now, I'm no expert but I think most people could think of some possibilities for this gentleman's 'beef', even without the clues given by the assailant himself:

"This is a farewell kiss, you dog," he yelled in Arabic as he threw his shoes. "This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."
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"I don't know what his beef is."
:roll:
 
Too bad he missed. It would have been pretty hilarious if he nailed him in the nose. Oh well, maybe next time.
 
This is a farewell kiss, you dog," he yelled in Arabic as he threw his shoes.
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There's an interesting article on the BBC about this. It's gone way above the head of most of the west and most likely Bush himself.

It's so much of an attack as an insult, showing the soles of your shoes is considered an insult in the middle east, as is calling someone a dog.

See here.
 
The Daily Mash take:
IRAQ HAD SHOES ALL ALONG, CLAIMS VINDICATED BUSH


Saddam built a super-shoe to attack Israel

PRESIDENT Bush last night claimed his decision to invade Iraq had been
vindicated after US troops uncovered an arsenal of shoes on the
outskirts of Fallujah.

More than 400 lethal shoes including sandals, pumps, desert boots and a
solitary brogue were revealed as Mr Bush paid a final visit to Iraq to
see if there was anything left.

A White House spokesman immediately dismissed claims the US invasion had
been based on Saddam Hussein's alleged stockpile of chemical and
biological weapons, adding: "No we didn't, we said shoes.

"We did and if you heard weapons of mass destruction, that's your
problem. You might want to try using a cotton bud."

The spokesman added: "We believe that many of these shoes would have
been built in China with Russian laces, French-made heels and
odour-absorbing insoles purchased through back channels via the west
African state of Niger."

Prime minister Gordon Brown backed Mr Bush insisting many of Iraq's
shoes were slip-ons that could activated in less than 45 minutes.

But France denied supplying Iraq with shoe components insisting its only
exports to Saddam's regime had been a 1994 shipment of humanitarian
espadrilles.

Meanwhile the Kremlin said most of Iraq's shoes had actually been bought
from ex-US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld when he worked for Hush
Puppies in the early 1980s.
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Check out the Secret Service asleep on the job. The guy gets off 1 shoe and throws it, shouts a line, gets off a 2nd shoe and does the same. How slow are the Secret Service really? They must be working for jelly donuts or something.
 
I thank this man for his idea. It saved me countless hours of Holiday Shopping for my friends and family.

I stopped at footlocker and 15 pairs of shoes later everyone I give presents to have the best and most useful gift ever.
 
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