Posted on 11/15/2009 4:08:06 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Politico: A senior administration official said President Barack Obama was simply observing protocol when he bowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko upon arriving at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday.
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He inproved relations blah blah blah.....
He will come back to the WH and waste more money. Look at how much he spent on halloween deco! Turkey day at the WH will probably be Oprah and more moolah spent and then some more date nights.
He improved relations blah blah blah.....
He will come back to the WH and waste more money. Look at how much he spent on halloween deco! Turkey day at the WH will probably be Oprah and more moolah spent and then some more date nights.
I agree and know what you mean.
Thanks for the ping!
The man is either clueless or WANTS everyone to think we’re
second class!...like he does!
No, but it makes me ANGRY every time I see it!
The bow in Japan is not , contrary to Western conventional thought, a gesture of submission. According to Japanese tradition, the human body has three “zones” . Heaven ( from the shoulders up) Man (from Shoulders to hip)and Earth ( from the hips down.) When one bows in Japan, one offers the highest of the body in respect, the heaven aspect. Obama is indeed as you say, prostrating himself, and Akihito Samma, is not bowing even a little, either because he i s surprised, or because he does not respect Obama.The real key is the empress, who is not bowing even a little.
They do not respect Obama enough to bow even a little.This is done with feeling in Japan, and is spontaneous.It is a thing involving a type of perception very different to Westernern cultural ettiquette. A genuine bow can actually be felt in the heart. And Akihito knows this bow is all show.No heart. That is likely why he does not return Obama’s bow, even a little.Nor does the Empress. Obama , intent on being the skillful inter cultural president, shows here that he knows nothing of Japanese culture.Before one bows there is a brief glance at the eyes of the person to whom one bows, a spark. This is what Obama is missing, or they both would be bowing back.
Secondly, Obama should have bowed before he shook hands, in the proper way, with his hands on his upper thigh, and he should not have bowed so deeply, because he is not a Japanese subject... a slow respectful bow of 45 to 50 degrees would have been required in his case, if Obama knew the correct protocol, which he obviously does not. So it is a false submissive bow of a man who has little honor in the way of Japanese thinking. A man who wants something. A man not to be trusted.
Obama did not fool the Imperial couple even one little bit, and they are strained to remain polite, humoring Obama as it were. Patronizing conduct gets one no where fast in Japan. Generally Japanese folks know a genuine bow from a false one by the way it feels, a form of perception which few Westerners experience, but still some do.
Obama has idiots for protocol officers, or alteratively, he did not listen to what they had to say about it.
Obama would have been much better off simply shaking hands, instead of this empty, false bow, completely off in its lack of genuiness. The bow of a snake.
I predict that Obama will make little progress with his diplomatic agenda in Japan, he will give much, and receive little in return.
Cross thread reference, mega data on the wider strategic implications of this botched “bow”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386153/posts
I found where the picture came from it is titled Obama at Memorial Day Services.
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/14/obama-at-veterans-day-services/
EXCELLENT post! Thank you! Especially the second paragraph.
Obama was clearly bowing in a subserviant manner. A gesture of respect would have been a head tilt while still maintaining full eye contact, never taking your eyes off your opponent.
Obama is an embarrassment to the word embarrassment.
Etiquette in Japan
Generally speaking, an inferior bows longer, more deeply and more frequently than a superior. A superior addressing an inferior will generally only nod the head slightly, while some superiors may not bow at all and an inferior will bend forward slightly from the waist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiquette_in_Japan
He’s a regular Snivel Chamberlain..
Thanks! He is disgusting!
LOL! That’s a good one!
Ft Hood memorial service last week
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