its the culture of that country. it shows respect. theirs already been a 400 post thread about this. theirs nothing wrong with bowing down. please let it go. george bush used to kiss him on the cheek and hold his hand, amoung other things to help their oil business flurish as well.
Already a topic made a day or two ago where people pretty much mostly saw nothing wrong with it and how some people are making it into something that it isn't.
I'm surprised the ultra cons are still beating this dead horse when a new one has been offered to them by the Becks and Limbaughs. I mean come on move on to what they're now calling him: fascist. That's a topic I haven't seen made...yet.
[QUOTE="nimatoad2000"]its the culture of that country. it shows respect.Cherokee_Jack
It shows deference. cmon man, the saudi king knows he's not superior to obama, no one has such dillusions of grandure to think they are more powerful than the united states, other than maybee china because if they have enough money to lend us money, then they must be more powerful right now... but in any case.. it was not saying " your above me" thats just what is done to the king of arabia.. it was a respectful gesture.. not doing it would be like saying mr. obama , or " barrack" and leaving out president.. both would be disrespectful. when america was opening up trade relationships with Japan, the high ranking negotiators would bow to the emperor..... same deal. and if a little bow would help make our relationships in the middle east a little better.. then i doubt obama would mind bowing.. and if thats the case im sure he was aware of it, and thats why he did bow.
[QUOTE="nimatoad2000"]its the culture of that country. it shows respect. theirs already been a 400 post thread about this. theirs nothing wrong with bowing down. please let it go. george bush used to kiss him on the cheek and hold his hand, amoung other things to help their oil business flurish as well. for money of course secone bowing is not the culture of the country they have some weird habits bowing is not one
its the culture of that country. it shows respect. theirs already been a 400 post thread about this. theirs nothing wrong with bowing down. please let it go. george bush used to kiss him on the cheek and hold his hand, amoung other things to help their oil business flurish as well.nimatoad2000
oh when did i mention bush? we r talking about obama not bush, stay on topic
[QUOTE="nimatoad2000"]its the culture of that country. it shows respect. theirs already been a 400 post thread about this. theirs nothing wrong with bowing down. please let it go. george bush used to kiss him on the cheek and hold his hand, amoung other things to help their oil business flurish as well.GD-1369211121
oh when did i mention bush? we r talking about obama not bush, stay on topic It's on-topic, but it's not a valid point because kissing him on the cheek is not a sign of deference.
its the culture of that country. it shows respect. theirs already been a 400 post thread about this. theirs nothing wrong with bowing down. please let it go. george bush used to kiss him on the cheek and hold his hand, amoung other things to help their oil business flurish as well.nimatoad2000
yes its called respect when you go to another country its respect to follow there ways and that is all the president is doing is showing respect .
[QUOTE="nimatoad2000"]its the culture of that country. it shows respect. theirs already been a 400 post thread about this. theirs nothing wrong with bowing down. please let it go. george bush used to kiss him on the cheek and hold his hand, amoung other things to help their oil business flurish as well.Yes,thank you.These threads are really getting annoying.People just love to find the smallest things to make a fuss about.
IT's rediculous....as an elected leader he represents us....bowing to foriegn leaders is completely wrong....bowing is not respect....it subserviance........I don't expect other countries to bow to us...nor do I expect our leader to bow to another country....
[QUOTE="nimatoad2000"]its the culture of that country. it shows respect. theirs already been a 400 post thread about this. theirs nothing wrong with bowing down. please let it go. george bush used to kiss him on the cheek and hold his hand, amoung other things to help their oil business flurish as well.Yeah, but that was one hell of a bow that that Spanish TV station got on tape. I mean it is not the biggest deal in itself, it is just setting a dangerous prescient that is a very hard line to walk along.
IT's rediculous....as an elected leader he represents us....bowing to foriegn leaders is completely wrong....bowing is not respect....it subserviance........I don't expect other countries to bow to us...nor do I expect our leader to bow to another country....Omni-Slash
They bow to each other, it's not because the king is like: "BOW TO ME :twisted: " It's just in their culture. Looks like someones a bit too patriotic.
I knew that the popular culture teaches that you can earn respect by disrespecting others, but I didn't know that it also taught that you earn disrespect by showing respect. :|
haha, all the world leaders and figure heads have their thing. i dont like the kissing of the popes ring, or the arrogant ways of the queen of england ( give me a picture of yourself? wt...) and bowing down to someone is just as bad.... imo. but itz all out of respect and if you're not pressured to do it then there shouldn't be any embarrassment. but, if it was customary for everyone todo the same for Obama....how many would do it? hmmm...
I haven't seen the video so I don't know, but did the saudi king bow back? I wouldn't have a problem with it if both of them bowed specially if thats a culture thing in their country. If only Obama bowed then yes I would find a problem with that as it shows weakness and as Americans we do not want our president showing any type of weakness to a foreign power.
I haven't seen the video so I don't know, but did the saudi king bow back? I wouldn't have a problem with it if both of them bowed specially if thats a culture thing in their country. If only Obama bowed then yes I would find a problem with that as it shows weakness and as Americans we do not want our president showing any type of weakness to a foreign power.
Rec-neps
uh.. the US has the ability to turn just about any country into a radiated crater... i don't think the president needs to worry about appearing "weak" by showing respect...
IT's rediculous....as an elected leader he represents us....bowing to foriegn leaders is completely wrong....bowing is not respect....it subserviance........I don't expect other countries to bow to us...nor do I expect our leader to bow to another country....Omni-Slash
We bow to Queen Elizabeth the Saudi King should be treated no less. And good god, it's not like this is bad in anyway, there are no disadvantages to what he has done except crazy conservatives saying stupid things.
I haven't seen the video so I don't know, but did the saudi king bow back? I wouldn't have a problem with it if both of them bowed specially if thats a culture thing in their country. If only Obama bowed then yes I would find a problem with that as it shows weakness and as Americans we do not want our president showing any type of weakness to a foreign power.
Rec-neps
So bowing at the end of a play shows the cast is weak?
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