Previously:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3251260/posts
Michelle is not impressed: The First Lady does not look happy to be meeting Saudi king who presides over widespread repression of women
EXCERPT
When the group lined up to greet the president and his wife, some of the Saudis shook the First Lady’s hand while others just nodded their head.
Reporters who were travelling with the president and First Lady told ABC News that Mrs Obama bowed to cultural differences and stood slightly behind her husband during the greeting line.
If one of the men would offer to shake her hand, the First Lady would oblige but mostly stood back and smiled while they passed.
She was also criticized by Saudis and the Muslim world at large on Twitter for not covering her hair.
According to tweets gathered by Al-Ahram, Egypt’s largest daily newspaper, many Saudis expressed outrage that Mrs Obama wore a veil to visit a mosque in Indonesia, but went without one on this condolence trip to their country. Mrs Obama also donned a sheer black veil when she met the Catholic Pope in Vatican City.
“She was also criticized by Saudis and the Muslim world at large on Twitter for not covering her hair.”
It wasn’t her hair anyway! Probably some Chinese woman’s hair!
And those Saudi’s that shook hands with her used their left hands.
That’s not a great outfit, and I don’t know what to say/think about covering her hair. I sort of admire her for not doing it, but then again, diplomacy is important.
She should have worn a better outfit with a lovely hat.
But, they still might have blurred her.
They are completely offensive to me, the Saudis, may they end up blurred out of history.
Mrs Obama also donned a sheer black veil when she met the Catholic Pope in Vatican City.
She is a real dumbass
I keep watching Obama’s actions. I think he likes to send symbolic messages. This shows that he gives more deference to Shia than Sunni. There’s no way she forgot to wear a veil, it was done on purpose.
Sending the Treasury Secretary to Israel is a subtle dig too if you think about it. Sending the top money person in the US to the Jews is a veiled insult and reference to antisemetic views about Jews and money.
She was also criticized by Saudis and the Muslim world at large on Twitter for not covering her hair.
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For once, she does something that I approve of.
Curious, though, as to what message this was meant to send.
“If one of the men would offer to shake her hand, the First Lady would oblige but mostly stood back and smiled while they passed.”
In my culture (USA), correct manners dictate that the woman should offer her hand first. Otherwise the man is out of line with the handshake that he offers first.
Did this sorry bunch ever get any protocol training?