I hope Sarah Palin will make it a point to receive the Chinese and Saudi ambassadors lying on their faces while she walks around on their backs in her heels.*
We'll give the Japanese a pass -- the Emperor couldn't have known Obama would do that. But somehow I think the others were in on it.
* If you'd like a little light naughty reading, read up on how the Dowager Empress of China, 300 years ago or so, used to receive ambassadors .... it'll curl your hair.
The Saudi king is a staunch ally. The action proposed would not be prudent