But the bow that Obama gives is, again, a subservient bow. It lowers the U.S. to being beneath Japan.
It is a very big diplomatic problem.
I agree completely. I was born and raised in Japan and that was my first thought on seeing this picture.
I would like to know if any of the people of Japan noticed this diplomatic MISTAKE by the resident of the US White House and if they are commenting on it in Japan today.
Made myself listen to Zero’s speech to, ?, the Japanese Parliament??....caught it after it had started.
Zero made several stumbles in his speech (will we see those on Overbite or Maddow’s shows as we know they would have highlighted President Bush’s speech flubs?)...
He claimed, basically, that (of course) since HE was born in the Pacific (ha ha) he (and, therefore, the US) had some kind of world region relationship to the people of Japan and the rest of Asia...
One sentence drew applause from his audience, forget what that was.
After the speech ended, the cameras on the audience showed a large contingent of what looked like Americans who were seated behind the Japanese who took up the bulk of the audience at the front. (There were many black Americans - guessing these were Americans - in this group). THEY all stood up, cheered, and applauded the speech - and THEN the Japanese in the front of the audience stood up and applauded.
I just had to wonder where they imported these people from in order to give Zero a planted cheering section - perhaps to avoid the embarrassment of the Japanese in the audience NOT showing such enthusiasm.
Probably reading too much into it....
OH - and I noticed Obama has a mole on his face to the left of his nose. For some reason I have never noticed that before. Not being picky, but he really ought to have that removed....and checked.