BUMP to a great post and thread. This is hugh and serious. The Obambi has completely groveled before the Saudi King before the entire world, and he is a laughingstock or worse for anyone actually paying attention. That is DANGEROUS for America and the world.
That was my point to that guy. To people who don’t pay attention, this stuff doesn’t mean anything. They think it is the equivalent of making a big deal of a President getting oral sex from a White House intern (without understanding that it had nothing to do with sex but had everything to do with the TOP law enforcement person IN THE LAND lying under oath. I might view it the same as hiring a tax cheat to head the IRS. What would people think about that? Oh, wait...)
To those of us who understand that nearly every movement and utterance of the President (particularly in those types of situations) is watched and analyzed at both an intellectual and emotional level by both our friends and enemies, this is a demeaning and dangerous gesture.
And it makes it dangerous not only for us, but for our allies. I wonder what the Israelis thought of that gesture. I would bet my annual salary (comfortably) that there was plenty of discussion at the high levels of government and intelligence agencies within minutes after it became known.