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Lauchs@lemmy.world to Fake History Porn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years ago

A grateful Iraqi uses his shoe to enthusiastically greet President Bush as a liberator (2008)

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A grateful Iraqi uses his shoe to enthusiastically greet President Bush as a liberator (2008)

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Lauchs@lemmy.world to Fake History Porn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years ago
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  • MrTulip@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I still hate Bush, but credit where it’s due: that was a good dodge.

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      Complete genius at dodging shoes.

      • _haha_oh_wow_@kbin.social
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        I’d never pick him to lead, but you can be damn sure I’d pick him for my dodgeball team!

        • rh4c6f@lemmy.world
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          If you can dodge a shoe, you can dodge a ball.

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            You can tell he has mastered the art. It’s unfortunate he took so many wrenches to the head to get to this level.

    • Lauchs@lemmy.worldOP
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      Fully agree, terrible president but that guy could -ing dodge!

      (Love the username)

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    (Actual photo context: Iraqi journalist, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, threw his shoe in a sign of extreme disrespect at George yelling “this is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, dog.”

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_shoeing_incident?wprov=sfla1

    The greeting as a liberator bit is a callback to Dick Cheney’s infamous “my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.”)

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    Real talk: I’m still kinda pissed he was able to dodge them both.

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      He’s a better dancer than he’s given credit

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    deleted by creator

  • MoonshineDegreaser@lemmy.world
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    And he Qasim never heard from again

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    Cultural differences

  • wallybeavis@lemmy.world
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    Granted, but now his foot’s cold

    • Lauchs@lemmy.worldOP
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      Ha, hadn’t seen this mashup before but I love it!

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        I think between the Simpsons, and Futurama, we could develop a meme/references based language 😂

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