- Can Bush's embarassment be quantified?? Beyond doubt this was the nadir of prestige for any First Person..let alone that of SUPER POWER America. Researchers of human psychology could now perhaps develop a relative metric that pegs the ultimate embarassment a human being could face in his life term to this one. :D
- Another important observation is that Bush could actually duck both the attempts. What if, the shoe had actually hit Bush? Could it have embarassed him further? If yes, how much more? Point to note for psychologists.
- Interestingly this incident perhaps explains why America is a superior military power. Bush-who trained with the American army 3 decades ago has sharp enough reflexes to duck 2 consequtive attempts; It also explains as to why Iraq has neither a cricket team not a baseball team. Missing a 6 foot, 200 pound frame within 10 feet distance could amount to blasphemy in India/Pakistan.
- Had the jurno tried to fling the shoe directly off his legs, it would have perhaps hit Bush straight on. Courtesy, their decent footballing skills. :P
- How close did the shoe actually get to Bush? I feel, by far this could be the closest Bush got his face to a shoe in a long long time. It is only obvious that the President of America would not polish his own shoes. Not that Laura would do it for him, but he would surely have some bunny in the White House! Mind you, he had Tony Blair across the Atlantic for a bunny.
- Given the adventurist that I think he is, can we now safely call journalist Muntazir Al-Zaidi the bravest man on the planet? Both Bin Laden, Saddam have both attacked Bush from the safety of the forts they have built around themselves.
- The last angle that needs to be pursued is the possibility that the Pentagon had cautioned Bush with some intelligence tips of a shoe attack on him. Possible that Bush also trained in ducking.
Questions remain.
