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Originally posted by polarwarrior
Bowing is fine. What needs to be understood is the angle to which the person bows at is the sign of how powerfull they are. The emporer would only show a slight tilt where as the common folk a large almost 90 deg bow is the way of showing respect to the leader.
US president was photographed bending to nearly a 90 degree angle when he greeted the relatively diminutive Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace on Saturday
www.telegraph.co.uk...
When he did this it was though he was saying "Im powerless" almost like an admittance of being a puppet on strings and his supposed power being illusory. If this is no mistake, is he sending a message about the truth being that POTUS does not run the country?
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This was claimed by the white house to be a sign of respect, but the emporer found it "disgracefull" apparently.
[edit on 12-4-2010 by polarwarrior]
At least one blogger went as far as to call the president’s actions “treasonous”.
At least one blogger went as far as to call the president’s actions “treasonous”.
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Obama’s Pacific Trip Encounters Rough Waters
So it is no wonder that on the last day of the toughest part of his trip — the China part — Mr. Obama took a hike: a brisk, bracing 30-minute climb up the Great Wall. Around 3:30 Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Obama’s mile-long motorcade arrived at the Badaling section of the Great Wall, which snakes over jagged, rocky mountains.
Visitors to that touristy section of the wall generally encounter a cacophonous melee of vendors, but on this day, the place was like a ghost town, courtesy of the Chinese authorities who had shut it down. (The same thing happened Tuesday when Mr. Obama sped through an empty-but-for-his-entourage Forbidden City.)
Still, for an American president who has tried to make openness a hallmark of his public persona, it was a departure, made more stark since Chinese authorities largely hijacked Mr. Obama’s one other attempt at a give and take with Chinese students, a town hall meeting in Shanghai, by stuffing the auditorium with young Communist Party aspirants.
Originally posted by Matrix Rising
What has Obama's weakness given us? NOTHING!!
[edit on 12-4-2010 by Matrix Rising]
Obama, China's Hu press for strong words on Iran
(AP) – 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao (hoo jin-tow) are instructing their diplomats to work on potential sanctions to make clear to Iran the cost of continued nuclear defiance.
The two leaders met on the sidelines of a U.S.-hosted summit on nuclear proliferation Monday.
White House national security aide Jeff Bader sought to find common ground at their hour-long meeting. Bader said the Chinese were "prepared to work with us."
He called it another sign of international unity on the issue.
Originally posted by IntastellaBurst
What do you want him to do ??? walk up to the Chinese President and smack him in the face ???
Humbleness is a virtue, and bowing a chinese traditional greeting.
If you want to hate on Obama at least find something better than this. Whats next, a thread about Obama's pimp limp.
Originally posted by David9176
reply to post by jumpingbeanz
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At least one blogger went as far as to call the president’s actions “treasonous”.
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He's handing him our nuke codes! I can see the paper!
It's 1,2,3,4,5.
[edit on 12-4-2010 by David9176]
Originally posted by centurion1211
reply to post by Janky Red
And the asian leader in the picture you posted is laughing at obama, as well.
Sad, no pitiful ...
some neocon love.