In Case You Were Interested

Just in case you wanted to know what happened to the "Shoe-Throwing" Iraqi journalist that attempted to assault President Bush, he got three years in prison. Say what you will. The Iraqis apparently take their reputation as good hosts and followers of international law seriously.

Undoubtedly there will be haters on the left who think that this man should get a medal for his actions (in fact, there are those who have said that) but what does that mean for President Obama's (God forbid) future assailants (if any?) their own country? I mean really. I think these people would have celebrated more upon hearing the death of their own president than those that celebrated the deaths of innocent American civilians throughout the Middle East on 9/11.

I don't know if he should have gotten three years, but the Iraqi justice system apparently thinks otherwise. You can't just go around hurling footwear at heads of state, especially not if that head of state happens to be the President of the United States.
But again, what would have happened to him if he had done that to Saddam Hussein? Of course, that can't be answered, because it wasn't Hussein that gave him the freedom to do so, it was Bush now, wasn't it?