The infamous “Shoe-na-bomber,” Muntadar al-Zaidi, who threw two shoes at President Bush during a press conference in Iraq, is being lauded as a brave hero in many parts of the Middle East and in America’s “Berkeley Corridor,” and you know what? He is a hero, because al-Zaidi did more in one, brief fit of shoe rage to demonstrate that Iraq is becoming a freer nation which recognizes human rights -- even for people with incredibly bad judgment -- than all the State of the Union speeches and U.S. media tours ever could.The evidence that Iraq is a much different place isn’t found in anything al-Zaidi did, however, but in the restraint in dealing with him.The brother of Shoeless Muntadar is saying his brother was beaten in custody. What’s the world coming to? You can’t assault a world leader without the police smacking you around a little? The horror. The point is this: What would have happened to al-Zaidi if he’d have...(Read Full Post)