Posted on 04/08/2009 6:04:14 PM PDT by kellynla
In a shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate, President Obama bowed to Saudi King Abdullah at the Group of 20 summit in London last week.
Mr. Obama later said in Strasbourg, France, "We have to change our behavior in showing the Muslim world greater respect." Symbolism is important in world affairs. By bending over to show greater respect to Islam, the U.S. president belittled the power and independence of the United States.
The bow was an extraordinary protocol violation. Such an act is a traditional obeisance befitting a king's subjects, not his peer. There is no precedent for U.S. presidents bowing to Saudi or any other royals. Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt shook hands with Saudi King Abdulaziz in February 1945. Granted, Mr. Roosevelt was wheelchair-bound, but former President Dwight D. Eisenhower shook hands when he first met King Saud in January 1957. Mr. Obama's bow to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques does not help his image with those who believe he is secretly a Muslim, and why he chose to bow only to the Saudi King and not to any other royals remains unexplained.
No Americans of any station are required to bow to royalty.
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Yeah, people saw it. Whoop dee crap. Doesn’t make you right, because you aren’t.
What does shezzzz mean? I never heard anyone write or say anything that resembles a shez before. Geez, or “sheez” maybe, but not what you wrote, genius.
I’ll address you if I feel like it, and only if I feel like it, got it?
figures...you can't rebut the facts so like Liberals you post personal insults...sorry, missy, I gave up “flame baiters” for Lent. LMAO
“Your better off arguing with a dog, their intelligence level is much higher.”
Read the posting rules, Newbie...No personal insults.
If I had posted to you saying you and said you are more stupid than a dog, that would potentially be a violation of FR rules, but pretty standard fare for FR debates. However, people with average, or even less than average reading comprehension skills know that what I wrote doesn’t violate FR posting rules, whiner.
Nice Bush-bashing you had going on there until you decided to rest your case, though. Why did you un-rest your case? Was it not made well enough? Hmmm.
run along, missy and quit bothering me....
you were WRONG...so get over it!
Well, then...I guess by your logic that makes you a liberal and a flame baiter as you directed personal insults at me as well. My comment was in reference to your attitude. “yea..yea...yea”? “shezzzzzzzzzzzzzz...”? WTH is that? Your mannerisms are very childlike and it is clear that you don’t have a clue what you are talking about. Good bye.
LMAO! If you were correct, I’d be agreeing with you, but you aren’t, and have already lost and conceded two arguments with me. Care to keep trying and be further made a fool of?
Ma’am, you really need to calm down, cranky is so ugly on women.
Man, you gotta be itchy to get your (repeatedly mod-yanked) animation posted again......glad I snagged and saved it.
He was actually trying to kiss Abdullah's ass, but his aides were in the way.
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