Takeaway From Bush Shoe Affair

Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi is the Iraqi journalist who shocked the world by throwing 2 shoes at President George W. Bush. Most people are laughing at the incident, but there is much more to this incident than some idiot reporter chucking his shoes at Bush:

#1) Most Americans do not appreciate how extreme of an insult it was for that reporter to throw his shoes at Bush. In Arab culture, it is considered to be very offensive just to display the sole of one shoe to another person. Throwing two shoes at someone is an extraordinary insult in the Arab world.