Iraqi Ambassador Reassures Muntazar al-Zaidi: "These are the Fruits of Freedom"

The Iraqi Ambassador to the US, Samir Sumaida'ie, encounters CODEPINK activists and their signs ("Free al-Zaidi" and "Al-Zaidi Speaks for Me") during a presentation. He explains to them why the treatment and possible 15-year jail sentence of Al-Zaidi is justified.

It is because Al-Zaidi insulted George Bush. (No word from the Ambassador on whether any Iraqis might have felt "insulted" by George Bush over the last 5 1/2 years.) Thank goodness, the Ambassador added, he didn't do this when Saddam Hussein was around:

Everybody gets the fruits of freedom. Even those who don't know how to handle them.

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