is there a youtube?
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/04/obama_bows_down_to_saudi_king.html
Video here. If I hadn’t actually viewed it (repeatedly) I’d never have believed it. No way was he bending to retrieve anything that had fallen. That was a bow.
IIRC the king doesn’t even LIKE it when people engage in antiquated formalities. No American president ought to be doing it in any case.
Here’s link to one of the vids on YouTube. The reporter is speaking in Spanish, but it’s a side view of the bow. The Saudi sees him, smiles, and holds out his left hand. Obama quickly goes over, and bows — there is some debate on whether there was a kiss of the Saudi’s ring, but the clear view is obstructed. As others have pointed out, it does appear at one point that the King’s hand has been turned palm-down, at the same time Obama’s mouth is right about at that height during the bow...
As for the kiss - definitely up to speculation. As for the bow — no misinterpretation can possibly be made after viewing the video.