Bow Down Before the One You Serve

Can you provide a link to where GWB bowed before the Saudis. I can't find a thing.

Interesting comments above but might be worth keeping one thing in mind, muslims are forbidden from bowing to anyone other then God, it's actually something muslims dislike so the fact that Obama did this shows his lack of awareness of what a muslim is allowed to do/would like others to do.

Obama's father was from Kenya, and if he wasn't muslem, he would be familiar with muslem customs. Taking that into consideration with the diplomatic courtesy of “When in Rome…” Obama's actions are perfectly reasonable. He showing respect to the leader of the country he's visiting.

Except for the little fact he was not in their country……

You know they are in ENGLAND, RIGHT???? And there is no “diplomatic courtesy” involved here. The U.S. President bows to NO-ONE! (The only exception would be a mutual bow – such as the Japanese). As for a “short bow”, not hardly… This was a GENUFLECTING BOW. Watch the video if you have doubts… There can be no misinterpretation when you've seen the video…

There is nothing about his actions that are “perfectly reasonable”… NONE. As for Bush? Someone provide a link to a picture? Why wasn't that picture used by the liberals to trash Bush if it really existed? Surely you all realize that a BOW would've ticked all of us off if it were Bush as well… Hand-holding and embracing is greeting someone as an EQUAL. Bowing with the HEAD DOWN, and bowing to his WAIST is SUBMISSION.

The Obamas have both thoroughly embarassed every citizen of the U.S. on their latest trip. This man is not fit to be our president. And it is for sure, I do not claim him as my president. God help us all.

People like you embarass me cause you make foreigner feel like this country is full of petty, irrrational morons

Ha ha, nice bit of disinformation that you want the libtards to follow. I was Pol-Mil Officer in the American Embassy in Saudi Arabia and oversaw meetings of Jimmy Carter, who famously forgot his briefing book on his bed [an alert Embassy staffer grabbed it before the Saudis could get their hands on it, but Carter had already boarded Air Force One for his next destination.]

Weigel is lying through his teeth, and GWB did hold hands with King Abdullah, a sign of close friendship which to an agitpreppie like Weigel, probably an atheist or non-Christian, would equal a genuflection, a practice in the Catholic Church. What Barry Hussein-O did was simply an enormous gaffe at best, and makes very appropriate the following phrase:

Welcome back, Carter!

If Mr. Obama had EVER pledged his life, fortune and sacred honor to defend and represent this country, he wouldn't have disgraced us so. In this way, or in any other.

It is said that we esteem too lightly that which we did not earn. Perhaps this is why he prefers being a “Citizen of the World”. Let him go then, and join them.

I'll throw in a Hamilton to get him on his way.

Obama did attend Islamic schools when he was a child but he supposedly was not practicing Islam until he married Michelle and then attended that church in Chicago which is pastored by “The Reverend Jeremiah Wright”. I use the term “pastor” very loosely here. I expect his joining the church was for political purposes – the “community organizer” position required it most likely. He had to mix with the folks you know.

Jakealoper, why in the world do you care what a foreigner thinks about us? (You ARE one of us right, an American?) Are you that desperate for reassurances that you're a good person, that your heart and motives are pure? WE live here, WE bear the risks and rewards of what happens, WE carry the reponsibility of our futures.

Shall I come with you to the toilet and tell you what a nice job you did peeing in the bowl? Maybe we'll get an ice cream after? For God's sake, be a man and stop seeking approval!

Jakealoper, please take a moment before you post to spell check and grammar check your entry.

This kind of half-assed way of conducting yourself is symptomatic of your larger problem, as an individual and as a group.

First off, they were in London and Obama didn't bow to the Queen, so why the extra solicitude for the Saudi king? Further, President Bush didn't bow to him. I believe he took his hand, which has nothing to do with bowing to your betters. In any case, President Bush was severely criticized by all left thinking people for weeks on end. We await their response to what at the very best is a diplomatic gaffe of the first order and at worst shows a want of understanding regarding American sovereignty.

A little nod would have done the job. To bow down so low send the wrong message.

It was a thank you for the money for school.

HAHA. I reckon that your president owes more than a bow to the man.

The Saudi royal family is owed a debt in the trillions from America. I'd say he's almost working for them ;)

“Jakealoper, why in the world do you care what a foreigner thinks about us?”

This is precisely the reason that most foreigners hate you and your country in general.

When did George W. Bush genuflect before the Saudis? You're being a silly goose, David.

Mark, you would do well to remember that my country AND yours were shepherded since infancy by people who risked everything they had to ensure that they could develop as best suited them. People better than you and me have died to defend this, and I intend to fight until my dying breath to protect our sovereignty.

Maybe I was hasty by assuming you are Australian, you only say you are FROM Australia. Maybe on student visa? Enjoying the fruits of the labors that others have won for you? Sleep well under what's left of the cloak of safety I and others provide you.

Instead of sending your monthly charity check to save a small brown child, you could actually GO to one of these third world cesspools and DO something, instead of sitting comfortably at home and feeling an undeserved sense of superiority.

I have bled in the service of my country, what have YOU contributed?

Here's Bush bowing, prostrate, before King Abdullah to receive a medal for something or other – http://alchemytoday.com/2009/04/03/obamas-bow-i…

Big deal?

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You chump. The president is not supposed to bow before anyone except as a mutual greeting.

Wow, you must be retarded. Obama is getting rave reviews from both the domestic press and the foreign press. It's funny how dumbasses like you are getting the vapors because Obama bowed or because Michelle Obama touched the Queen or because they got the queen an i-pod (which the queen requested by the way). Yet you morons had no problem when George Bush gave Angela Merkel an unwelcome back rub and when he held hands with this Saudi benefactors.

Obama is conducting himself like a statesman. Bush acted like an immature fratboy. It was Bush who thoroughly embarrassed the US and it is Obama who is repairing our reputation in the world.

Good grief…no wonder our country is in the mess it is. Do you not have more important things to do than worry about a bow and grammar?

Airborne

Were you on your period, bitch?

Wow, it's funny that you idiots care about protocol all of a sudden when the last 8 years we had a moron (your moron by the way) giving back rubs to Angela Merkel and winking at the Queen and holding hands and kissing his Saudi bedbuddies.

But keep living in your own batshit crazy world where Republicans are still popular. The longer you stay out of touch with reality the better our country and the world will be.

Can you identify the angle in degrees which made the bow too low? :)

When they were in England, they were roasted for being too informal with the Queen. Now he's getting heat for being too formal. Meh.

As an ex-Catholic, I'm offended at the suggestion that that was a genuflection. Damned Protestants.

Oh, if this makes Barry a Muslim, does that make Bush gay?

ouch

Michelle Malkin says “call me crazy….” To put it mildly.

It looked to me like Obama was reaching out to shake Abdullah's hand, but had to bend over because Abdullah is a bit short and was a few feet away. I'm a fairly tall guy and have had to do that on occasion when I misjudged whether a shorter person was going to walk towards me or not.

Sticking with who? The same people who think there is a birth certificate conspiracy? Their memes stick alright–they stick in their very, very empty heads. There isn't anything else in their heads, so some things are bound to stick eventually. Not to mention they have a new meme everyday. Who can keep up? Certainly not the ordinary voter. I assume that french kissing the Saudi King was just hunky-dory. Also, Bush whispering in his ear and holding his hand like they were on a Valentines Day date. Michelle “the immigrant” Malkin is possibly the most deranged of the bunch and that's saying a whole lot considering Glenn Beck is walking the earth.

A side benefit of this hysteria is getting to revisit Bush-era Saudi genuflection. There's the sword dance – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUoycVXw9ew – or simply begging for more oil production by complaining that the fate of America's economy lay in Saudi hands – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3EqJ97j2cA

Oh, fuck off, you piece of shit bigot fucktard.

Oh, so only those who serve in the military are real citizens of this country then? Funny. In the last FIVE Presidential elections, the candidate who was an actual Veteran lost.

So, again, only military veterans are real US citizens? My dad didn't serve in the military, does that mean he wasn't a “real American”. I didn't enlist. Does that mean I'm not a “real American”.

I'm surprised you're even posting here, considering a whole bunch of immigrants were slaughtered today by an American exercising his second Amendment rights. You conservative fucktards really get hard when non-white people die, don't you?

You libs think you’re sooooo smart, don’t you?

Everyone knows you kiss royal Saudi’s and stroll around with them hand-in-hand.

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morans.

Horrifying. Next thing you know, they'll be renaming Bandar Bush. Bandar Obama?

Considering how awkward the bow was it seems like it was just a relatively minor gaffe; at least Obama didn't give the Saudi king a backrub or foot massage.

On the other hand, perhaps this is further proof that Obama is indeed a secret homosexual communist muslim fascist pederast who wants to destroy America?

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It looked to me like President Obama put something on one of the chairs in the row behind the group before he greeted the Saudi king. The bow down was not in front of the king.

perhaps you need to get your eyes fixed

A round of applause for you Sir! What a well-thought out, and perfectly constructed response. Your parents must be very proud of you, and of the fine education they purchased for you. Still sucking off of the familial teat? What are you, twelve?

I am so very glad that y'all have NO sense of history, or any patience for that matter. By trying to jam all of your left-wing nonsense down our collective throats so quickly, you have ensured that it will all be soon rejected.

If you throw a chicken into boiling water, it will jump out. You must SLOWLY raise the heat, so that it is well on it's way to being cooked before it realizes it's too late. I predict a VERY fulfilling 2010 elections for me and mine.

Make sure and take lot's of pictures, this is the last memory y'all will have of ever holding the keys again.

Thanks for the laughs!

Bush didn't bow. He leaned forward to make it easier for the shorter King to place a medal around his neck. To call that a bow is a blatant misrepresentation in a pathetic attempt to cover up Obama's disgraceful act. Heads of state are equals as per protocol and do not bow to each other. Whichever person is in the Oval Office is our representative, and Americans do not bow to dictators (and no one else should either!).

Ohh precious! I just got called a moran! Awesome. It's moron…. moron….

Americans don't bow to dictators! God-fearing Americans merely provide dictators with billions in weapons to maintain their hold on power in exchange for increased oil exports, dance with dictators, go falconing with dictators, accept awards from dictators in awkward ceremonies, etc. Get it straight!

“The deal, which could still be blocked by Congress, would see weapons, including Patriot missiles and precision-guided bombs, parcelled out to Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, to counter Iran … Under the deal, Saudi Arabia is set to receive $9 billion (£4.5 billion) of weapons.”

I appreciate your comment explaining the circumstances in which Bush “bowed”. I was never a fan of Bush honestly, but I also never believed Obama would save the world. I honestly have a mixed family where some practice Islam (NOT ME!) and they couldn't wait for Obama to be President. I also hear some Jews voted for Obama because he appointed Jews to certain positions. I so far have not seen him do anything to help anyone over all! He just spins the nation into greater debt and mingles more openly with dictatorships than Bush did. Personally I feel a little scared. Obama is charasmatic and bold and Americans wanted someone like that so “save them”. Now he's taking over and its at our expense, no one seems saved. Bowing down is just one more thing I have to sigh about as even idiot members of my family rejoice.

Obama is slowly but surely revealing himself.

I cant wait to see Obama put all you fools in fema death camp

You dems go right ahead follow your Obama Muslim King to bankruptcy and to dictatorship !! I'll just watch you guys jump in that deep deep hole, just like those that follow blindly ! 4 years will pass, sooner than you think – and hopefully he will be impeached well before then !! I will keep my self clear, and pick up the pieces when your done completely destroying everything.

he's right.you lefties are violent whack jobs

that's a insane comment debbie.obama will never be able to destroy this country were to strong.how-ever he will do damage to the poor.read economics before you vote next time

There is no question that it was a bow, you need to watch it over again. His left hand went to his right knee to support the bow, there was no chair present. To bow to a king of Saudi Arabia, where the majority of terrorists responsible for the murder of over 3,000 American civilians is down right sickening. The king was involved in the attack as he promoted the anti-western rhetoric by allowing those Mullahs to preace hatred and violence against anyone they consider an infidel. He looked the other way, he is no friend of the USA.

wow!! the president of the united states bowing down to The House of Saud Monachy and to Mecca. I guess the women,children,mothers,fathers,husbands,wifes,infants are resting in peace under 60 feet of dirt in their graves in the world trade center thanking Obama for finally asking the forgivness of the house of Saud and Islam and also the magificent 19 plane hijackers who were all saudis.
Now Obama needs to make america and look towards MECCA. The queen of england got a nod and House of Saud got a DEEEP Bow and respect. Pity the USA

Why did you remove this video? Are you afraid to show the President of the United States in a subservient position? If it had been George Bush it would have made the front page news. It just goes to show that the American press is extremely liberal and trying to influence the American people. Whatever happened to freedom of the press and presenting both sides. Are we turning into a Communist country where the leaders of the American government and the liberal press control everything that the public sees? If so, you have my utter disgust and contempt.

This area of “signalling” is so confusing to me — was he jsut showing him respect? Did he signal the US is subservient — hard to say

This area of “signalling” is so confusing to me — was he jsut showing him respect? Did he signal the US is subservient — hard to say

Thanks for this interesting post,i like it.

You are a f..ing idiot. You are no airborne medic either. You

are a traitor for disrespecting our Commander in Chief. If you were a true Soldier you would know better you dumb bastard!

Active Duty Soldier!!

LTC D.

You old low life life lier. You are on your last leg anyway, old bastard. The world will be a better place when your time has come and gone. YOU WERE NEVER MILITARY. IF YOU WERE YOU WOULD KNOW BETTER.

YOU IDIOTS DISGUST ME.

You don't claim him for 2 reasons:

He is a black man and you are a racist. Case closed! BOOM!

People like you embarrass every real, rational American and you have the nerve to say God help us. You are a joke.

Hey Douchebag Dunnings, you don't know diddly-shit about anything and comment about something a year and a half old? Get a life, spermburper…! Are you trolling to get your backside plugged by another libturd like yourself and you come across my post and defecate on the floor about it…!

Of course, i never claimed to be military, just an FSO if you know what that is, you double-digit IQ mouth-breathing knucklewalker…

As far as “disgust,” my guess is that you are projecting your disgusting butt-boy-for-Obama mindlessness onto Carter, who is as stupid as Obama, but not as charming or attractive. How'd you fit Carter into your perv sicko infatuation for morons? He's far dumber than a moron.