I didn't feel the least bit threatened by it."[6] When later asked to reflect on the incident, President Bush said, "I didn't have much time to reflect on anything, I was ducking and dodging. I'm not angry with the system. I believe that a free society is emerging, and a free society is necessary for our own security and peace."[7] Perino said: "I don't think that you can take one guy throwing his shoe as representative of the people of Iraq."[8]