In the Bush-bashing "No one seems to think of what would have happened had the hooligan thrown a shoe — or anything — at Saddam (or at anyone) during the Saddam Hussein era" department, the French are scandalized — scandalized, I tell you! — that the Baghdad shoe thrower (who could have gotten 15 years behind bars and who was once reported as having been mercilessly tortured) has received a three-year sentence! How dare they? How dare they?!
Behind the Façades in France: What expats and the mainstream media (French and American alike) fail to notice (or fail to tell you) about French attitudes, principles, values, and official positions…
Saturday, March 14, 2009
"He Should Have Been Decorated for His Sense of Humor"
In the Bush-bashing "No one seems to think of what would have happened had the hooligan thrown a shoe — or anything — at Saddam (or at anyone) during the Saddam Hussein era" department, the French are scandalized — scandalized, I tell you! — that the Baghdad shoe thrower (who could have gotten 15 years behind bars and who was once reported as having been mercilessly tortured) has received a three-year sentence! How dare they? How dare they?!
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