Posted on 04/08/2009 6:04:14 PM PDT by kellynla
In a shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate, President Obama bowed to Saudi King Abdullah at the Group of 20 summit in London last week.
Mr. Obama later said in Strasbourg, France, "We have to change our behavior in showing the Muslim world greater respect." Symbolism is important in world affairs. By bending over to show greater respect to Islam, the U.S. president belittled the power and independence of the United States.
The bow was an extraordinary protocol violation. 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. Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt shook hands with Saudi King Abdulaziz in February 1945. Granted, Mr. Roosevelt was wheelchair-bound, but former President Dwight D. Eisenhower shook hands when he first met King Saud in January 1957. Mr. 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 royals remains unexplained.
No Americans of any station are required to bow to royalty.
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I can’t post on this thread because for some reasone have become extremely nauseated. My apologizes.
He simply bowed to a muslim brother. Geez, when are people going to wake up?
Can the White House show us even a single photo of a greeting between any past president and any other adult, in which the president has a bent knee. (Presidents in wheelchairs don’t count.)
I think it was reflexive. Like the “Mooselimb” faith he spoke about to Stephanopoulis. You can take Obama out of Islam but you apparently can’t take the Islam out of Obama.
Of course now we can call him Obowma.
Makes one wonder how low he'll go when he meets Kim Jong-il.
Yes, all unspoken protocol says don’t hug the queen!
You might knock the concealed pistol out of her dress.
If you watch the video it appears this was not supposed to be taped. The camera panned over just in time to catch it.
It looks like he’s spitting up a hocker.
“No bow for the Queen of England? What a surprise.”
Well, the muzz see women as second-class citizens, so it’s no wonder he did not bow to her.
“Of course now we can call him Obowma.”
Good one.
Did you hear? The dog arrives next week. Yeah, right.
“Newt claimed again that President Bush bowed also, I just dont believe thats true because the msm would be using to justify Obama.”
WRONG!
But GWB did “hold the king’s hand” which I also had a problem with!
We need to drill our own oil so we aren’t dependent on the Arabs for theirs!
If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” Sam Adams
Putting on my tinfoil hat.
Where was it again that he got all that money for his campaign?
Was he simply thanking the King... and for what?
Where is all the billions that DC can no longer account for?
Does this bow to the boss fit in with all the other things he’s been doing, such as telling Israel they are on their own over Iran?
Why would a new leader of the USA work so hard to keep us at each others throats?
Why other countries arm themselves with nukes, why are we now moving to eliminate our defense?
Did he bow to anyone else on this trip?
1. Is there anything I can do for you while I’m down here, your Kingness?
2. You know I speak Austrian so we can have dialect, your Kingness
3. We have 57 terrible states but I’ll give them all to you
if you will smile and act like I’m important, your Kingness
Also, Bush would never go to the floor to do it. A slight nod maybe.
With Bush and the Saud king it was like bro to bro. Neither bows. They met as peers.
But got to take into account this was the same guy who saw soul in Putin’s eyes. It was probably a trick of the light.
Submission Accomplished!
bookmarked
One more:
Might there be some other reason that our leaders fight every attempt to drill for our own oil, instead they force us to rely on foreign oil... the same oil that keeps the King and his friends so wealthy?????
I am not a conspiracy theorist... but, it is true that sometimes what we clearly see or think we see......... is not reality.
Who really is the man behind the curtain..... and would he want us to bow to him?
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