Will The Cost of Shoes (or Throwing Them) be Less in Switzerland?

The thing I'm having trouble understanding is, I thought this guy was considered a "hero" in Iraq. This is how they treat their "heros"? I'm confused. why would a hero need asylum? Strange indeed. the shoe throwing, though rude was funny, I have to admit that. If I'm in a bad mood, I go and watch the video a few times, always good for a chuckle.

I think he expected to be treated like a hero by his own people for assaulting Bush. Although comical, he did assault a foreign leader. He would get punished for it here as well. Prisons in other parts of the world do have a harsher environment than what they have here in the US. Mistreatment is something that happens frequently and not just because he did this. His brother keeps insisting that he got subjected to all kind of mistreatment in prison and suffered great injuries, yet, the lawyer and the guy himself, as well as journalists who managed to talk to him, provide a different picture. Now the lawyer suddenly makes some hype about it, lol. Lets face it. He thought he'd be a hero and wouldn't be punished, or at most just get a little slap on the hand for being a naughty boy. Now he sits in jail, doesn't like the conditions but has to keep face and insist on the rightfulness of his political statement although I think he apologized for what he did. Now that he realizes his own people don't really care much... And he ruined his career as well. I mean which self-respected media outlet will hire him when he is a potential ticking time bomb... he also immediately be axed off the list of acceptable journalists by security for any event he might want to cover.. No matter where he goes, he won't be a journalist anymore unless he wants to report on how the grass grows;) I don't think this asylum seeking is for real anyway. It's a cry for attention and a way to try and pressure the Iraqi government to let him out of prison. Lets face it. Switzerland is regarded as a neutral place and doesn't get involved in international politics. They rarely accept asylum seekers. He literally has no chance of being accepted, especially after what he did. He doesn't suffer from political persecution. He is being prosecuted for assaulting somebody, a criminal act whose persecution he brought upon himself by his own free will. If he would have thrown a shoe at a fellow Iraqi he would sit in jail, too. I don't feel sorry for him. Yes, it was kind of funny. Yes, Bush didn't get hurt. But, no, he knew what he was doing, he knew it was a criminal offense, he knew there is a punishment for that... he simply thought he wouldn't get it and is unhappy he is rotting in the horrible Iraqi jail system and is not regarded as the hero he wanted to be. This shot in the dark at a Switzerland asylum is nothing more than a desperate attempt to bring attention to his situation. And in itself, that is comical, too;)

I thought it was funny. I don't think Bush really knew what the crap was going on. And did you see it when he threw the second one. It was like crazed. LOL! Although impolite it was kind of funny I have to say.