So, how SHOULD he greet Japanese Royalty?
Obviously a bow is out of the question...I mean it just SHOWS them how weak our nation is...I feel 'disgraced'...
wat?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116...omacyasiaob ama
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"I don't know why President Obama thought that was appropriate. Maybe he thought it would play well in Japan. But it's not appropriate for an American president to bow to a foreign one," said conservative pundit William Kristol speaking on the Fox News Sunday program...
It's not proper for our President to bow to a foreign one? In ...
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"The gesture appears to have touched a particularly raw nerve among Obama critics who said the president has hastened America's decline as a world superpower by being too apologetic and too deferential in his dealings with other world leaders." I didnt vote for him but if he's showing respect then what's the problem, shit like this makes me NOT watch the news...
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It's not proper for our President to bow to a foreign one? In their country?
What if the Japanese thought it wasn't polite to shake an American Presidents hand? That it conveys weakness? Would it be kosher for them to abstain? Can you imagine ignorant conservative Japanese saying ...
Because the Japanese are such mischevious, devious, anti-american troublemakers.
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flip it on its back and use something long with a sticky tip.
Seems like they want us to be the same ol' dickhead country we've always been.
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AFAIK, in asian culture a bow is a sign of respect, not subservience.
Well played by Obama (except that he should have kept his head up and not bowed quite as deeply IMHO).
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I'm generally a conservative..(moderate) and I don't get it. You go to his country you bow. He comes to our country you shake his hand without a bow.
Their house, their rules. It has nothing to do with politics its just a matter of respect. Same rules go for if you come over to my house or if I come over to yours.
Personally, being the first black president, I think he should whip out his dick whenever he meets a foreign dignitary and say something like, "HA. We Americans rule."
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