In what's been called a "shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate," President Barack Obama bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia at the Group of 20 summit meeting in London. "The bow was an extraordinary protocol violation," The Washington Times observed in an editorial on Tuesday. "Such an act is a traditional obeisance befitting a king's subjects, not his peer. There is no precedent for U.S. presidents bowing to Saudi or any other royals," the editorial said. Obama offered King Abdullah a deep and prolonged bow from the waist when he met him at the summit, which brought together the leaders of the world’s largest economies on April 2. The story about Obama’s unusual gesture has gotten scant media coverage in the United States, but a Spanish TV broadcast was picked up on blogs and has created an Internet stir. "No Americans of any station are required to bow to royalty," the Times stated. "It is one of the pillars of American exceptionalism that our country rejected traditional caste divisions." The Times editorial also opined that Obama’s bow "to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques does not help his image with those who believe he is secretly a Muslim, and why he chose to bow only to the Saudi king and not to any other royal remains unexplained." For instance, Obama did not bow to Queen Elizabeth when he first met her last week in London. Subjects of the crown may bow to the monarch but are not required to do so but has been a tradition between by our leaders because of our countries' relationship First lady Michelle Obama also broke protocol during the Obamas’ trip abroad when she put her hand on the queen’s back. The move caused a bit of tempest in the British press, but was quelled when the queen put her hand on Michelle in what a Buckingham Palace spokesman described as a "mutual and spontaneous display of affection and appreciation." However is was a definite protocol violation also! By: Jim Meyers © 2009 Newsmax Question for the Day... Just How Stupid To You Think We Are Mr. President??? Related Articles: |
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
[Pic] Obama bows to Saudi King *update* Video added
The exact definition of “Dhimmi”, a term which we talk about all the time on this blog, is:
Dhimmi was the name applied by the Arab-Muslim conquerors to indigenous non-Muslim populations who surrendered by a treaty (dhimma) to Muslim domination.
US President Barack Obama, center, back to camera, greets King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, center, before the official G20 leaders group photo with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at London's Buckingham Palace, Wednesday, April 1, 2009.
Posted at: 8:48 am on April 2, 2009 by Infidelesto - Infidels Are Cool - Source: The American Thinker
American Thinkiner adds this:
See Miss Manners on the protocol. Americans do not bow to foreign monarchs because that act signified the monarch’s power over his subjects.
httip: Ronald
update: Here’s the video it’s at the :53 mark
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Wow, just wow. Are there no handlers to tell him this isn't done?
Where's Rahm? Enjoying watching his befuddled puppet from afar? -
How can people continue to ignore what is obvious, this Usurper is an Islamic murderer at heart.
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Gimme your oil please!!!!!!!! Hey I have pics of Bush and the prince holding hands. so yeah.
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Queen Elizabeth’s Gift to Calderón: Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
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I'm pretty sure that by bowing to a king, he's just committed treason.
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If things keep going this way we'll have an impeachment in no time.And at the very least, if you are one of those who chooses not to see... he is embarrassing!
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NSider 3 hours ago
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You Americans read WAY too much into this stuff. Holding hands and bowing to a king don't mean much, it's just a formality to appear friendly and comfortable. It's all PR and politics.
And FYI, bowing to anyone is forbidden in Islam because Muslims must only bow to God. So yeah, Obama really shouldn't have done that. 
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Storm_Rider 3 hours ago
Actions speak louder than words. I believe Obama was born overseas, as he's never produced a real American birth certificate; and he considers himself a "citizen of the world" like most Marxists. I believe Obama's loyalty is not to the United States of America - not to our Constitution - but to the emerging Marxist-Islamist New World Order led by the United Nations. Traditional America; more specifically our Declaration and Constitution, stands in the way of the UN and the New World Order.
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jcw461 hour ago
All dogs bow to their true master.
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JEWHAWK46 minutes ago
OUTRAGEOUS.
The leader of the most powerful nation on Earth showing signals of
DEFEAT to someone whose source of power comes not from his
people,but from a dirty and black stuff that oozes out from the ground
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To show respect is one thing,but to look SUBDUED in front
of thousands of reporters and TV crews is quite another.Even
George W.Bush and his father,that are business partners of the
Saudi dynasty,didn't show such behavior. -
I guess that Obama was BEGGING for the Saudis to
purchase more U.S.Treasury Bonds...In 20 or 30 years
the Saudis and the Chinese will be in charge in Washington.
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Source: Knowledge_Is_Power - [Pic] Obama bows to Saudi King *update* Video added
Posted: Daily Thought Pad - 04.02.09 2:55 PST