Shoe to the head = progress?

Bush with some mad reflexes


If you've turned on the news at any point this morning, you must have seen video from President Bush's visit to Iraq.  Some Iraqi local journalist displayed his feelings on Bush by throwing his shoes at the President.

Bush, to his credit, first dodged the shoes, and then used the opportunity to show how this shoe incident is a sign of progress.

The CNN correspondant goes on to say that especially in Arab culture, it is disrepectful to throw your shoes at somebody.  This begs the question....which culture considers throwing shoes at somebody a sign of respect??