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Originally posted by allprowolfy
reply to post by sapien82
for those of you trying to derail this thread how do you explain obama kissing the Saudi Arabian king's hand? plz, try and think outside the box, I must admit that it isn't just Obama, its the last several puppet Presidents that we have had, all needing knee pads, all shills! i will leave it at that
Originally posted by Blaine91555
Attack his policies, the Bills he backs, his political ideologies, but this is just schoolyard name calling.
Originally posted by Awolscout
Originally posted by Matrix Rising
He's the President of the United States.
[edit on 12-4-2010 by Matrix Rising]
Really? Wooptie freaking doo. Who care's a bow in China is a traditional sign of respect, it's this whole attitude that's gotten our country so hated recently. That whole he's the president so he shouldn't great others with respect thing is pure grade A Bull... well you know.
If it's not one thing it's another, I might not be Obama's biggest fan, but find some sort of legitimate reason to criticize him. Nowadays it seems like if he woke up on the right side of the bed as opposed to the left everyone would be up in arms.
Originally posted by centurion1211
Originally posted by Blaine91555
Attack his policies, the Bills he backs, his political ideologies, but this is just schoolyard name calling.
Schoolyard name calling? What? How?
Guess you don't see that showing subservience to other world leaders is also one of obama's "policies". Remember, obama campaigned on a promise to make other countries like America again? Well, this seems to be how he thinks he will accomplish that. Still don't see why just acting as an equal is not good enough.
And for all you "two wrongs somehow make it right" people posting pictures of Bush, those made me cringe back then and they still do now.
BTW, did any of YOU complain about those Bush pictures back then. Hypocrisy alert if you did.
Originally posted by metamagic
You have got to be kidding... bowing is a sign of weakness? That has got to be one of the most ignorant and ethnocentric biases ever.
Tell you what, you come with me to the dojo, and when my seriously experienced hand to hand combat instructor bows to you, please do tell him to his face that he is showing weakness. I'll bring popcorn because the next few minutes should be entertaining. Well maybe not so much for you.
Originally posted by StevenX101
No, today Obama geniusly got China to help us put sanctions on Iran to double our power and influence on Iran.
You see this is what real international diplomacy is about and its really how Obama is being so sucessful in keeping America safe.
Obama strong leader with a brain-----Bush strong leader AN IDIOT
there is a difference
Originally posted by Sparky63
I don't have a problem with Obama bowing out of respect to a world leader if it has cultural significance as long as the action is reciprocated in like manner.
Did the Chinese President return the bow to Obama? If not, is this because he did not have the the same measure of respect?
Did the Saudi King return the bow to Obama as a similar sign of respect?
I don't recall seeing any photos of any such reciprocal behavior.
One other thing. On a personal note:
I would personally find it impossible to bow to the Chinese president considering the enormous amount of human right violations that are allowed to take place in his country.
The suppression of religious freedom and basic human rights is indefensible.
Consider for a moment this:
Gendercide: China's shameful massacre of unborn girls means there will soon be 30m more men than women
www.dailymail.co.uk...
To bow before such a man is unthinkable.
[edit on 4/13/2010 by Sparky63]