Their country was recognized all over the Arab world as being the most modern, westernized, and progressive Arab society in the decades prior to the US-led invasion. Its people were, for the most part, immeasureably better off prior to the American invasion than they have been afterward, despite the fact that Saddam was a ruthless dictator....and THAT is why the guy who threw the shoes is angry at George Bush.

George Bush has not rescued the nation of Iraq. He has virtually destroyed it.