An angry, Leftist reporter threw a shoe at President Bush, an act being touted not for what it was --a tantrum by a man who makes his living disparaging the American/Iraqi war effort-- but instead as an act of defiance, of courage and of nobility. Never mind that the freedom this angry reporter abused was made possible by the target of his tantrum:

George W. Bush.

So while Chris Mathews and others like him, grin through reports about Iraqi people protesting the visit of President Bush, it is important to remember that the very opinions they are now free to express --opinions kept silent for decades-- have George W. Bush to thank for that freedom.

There is a certain comfort, however, in the actions of this shoe thrower. He has proven that Leftist ideology is the same, regardless of culture or creed. His hatred for George W. Bush is as deep and unhinged as the proudest of Lefty's here in the United States. Indeed, I am certain that many are envious of the gumption and the opportunity that this ungrateful socialite seized upon. What self respecting journalist has not dreamed of throwing a shoe, the most vile and profound insult that can be dished out in the Islamic world, at the President?

The Lefty journalists have been hurling insults at the President for the better part of a decade. From "terrorist" to "murderer" to "village idiot", writers have filled columns with insults aimed at the president, all from the comfort and protection of their office and employer. But none have ever had the courage to throw an actual, tangible insult. And so, perhaps this act of defiance and courage from a spoiled Arab writer is indeed an act of defiance and courage.

He threw a real insult at the President. Not literally, but literally.

Something no American journalist ever had the gumption to do.

As the attacks in Mumbai, India have reminded the world, Jihad, and radical Islamic terror is still alive and well. Despite the election of a transcendent, all-encompassing, new world savior in America, the Jihadists are marching onward in their mission to destroy the infidel, regardless of his nationality or politics.

The megaphone Left, both domestically and internationally have spent 7 years calling George W. Bush a terrorist. In a twisted and disgusting irony, Muslim Bollywood star Imran Khan arrived at the premier of his new film in a "Bush=International Terrorist" t-shirt. While at that same moment, just blocks away real terrorists were on a killing spree. A brutal, murderous rampage that left hundreds dead, and a Nation in shock and mourning.

I wonder if the irony is lost on Imran Khan?

Radical Islam is real. It is not political fear-mongering from The Bush White House, nor is it an insensitive, racist and derogatory epithet. It is reality. It is our enemy. And it is a force and a movement that holds life in no distinct sanctimony or regard.

I wonder if today, Imran Khan, and his counterparts of the delusional Left still believe the War on Terror is an imaginary political scheme, carefully designed to spread fear through the world in order to secure oil contracts? Or, instead, have the attacks in India awakened people to the reality of radical Islamic terror? The gunmen shot down Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Jews and people of no faith or creed. They shot down people at random, people who were innocent of any crime, innocent of any ideological posturing or political campaigning. They killed indiscriminately and without remorse.

And they will do it again.

The next time you are tempted to agree with Barack Obama when he mentions downgrading the United States military, or argues for tighter, stricter gun laws, or encourages the world to better understand militant terrorists, remember Mumbai, and the helpless, under trained, unarmed police force that could only watch in horror as angry Muslims with automatic rifles carried out a carefully planned and executed killing spree.


The propagandists of the Left have declared that George W. Bush is a terrorist. It has been a chic, popular, leftist stance to oppose the War on Terror, those fighting it, and those leading it. And for those same Lefties, like Barack Obama, who have built political capital, and who have won elections on the back of anti-American rhetoric, it is an outrage to oppose the enemy causing such a war to be needed at all.


However, as President-elect Barack H. Obama must be realizing, and as the Bollywood elite have painfully come to know, the realities of an enemy that knows no boundaries are a stark and sobering truth. A truth that no amount of eloquence, and no amount of posturing will eliminate.