Sorry, why is whether Obama bowed to the Saudi King an issue again?
POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Monday, May 22, 2017 08:37
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Jeeeesh! Give our President a break will ya? He was not bowing to the Arab King. What happened was his State Dept.-issued "Islam Is A Religion Of Peace" policy reminder card fell out of his top pocket, and he was merely retrieving it off the floor. You people and your political attacks are just not being fair.
Hey. I have a friend who's Muslim. She's the nicest person I know. And she's been really worried about her family back in Baghdad all through this war.
She doesn't want death to Isreal or to convert Americans by force of arms or any of that, she just wants the goddamn fighting that exiled her parents a couple decades back to STOP.
My impression is, most of the Muslim world is actually that way. Sunni, Shiite, Suufi (who are a PARTICULARLY pacifistic group, which is why few people have heard of them)... It's only the extremists going around trying to kill people. There's a lot of innocent families over there.
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Nothin wrong with showin a little respect for folks we're tryin to get along with on this little ball of muddy water out in some back corner of the verse.
Shrub tended to hook up some local threads on occasion, himself, and frankly I thought it was pretty cool of him.
That oughta look dapper, but goddamn Putin makes it look badass... but then, that's Putin, seriously even Emperor Palpatine kinda pales in comparison.
Protocol for meetin Putin is checking to see if your balls haven't dropped off and fled in terror.
-Frem
It cannot be said enough, those who do not learn from history, are doomed to endlessly repeat it
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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Nothin wrong with showin a little respect for folks we're tryin to get along with on this little ball of muddy water out in some back corner of the verse.
Shrub tended to hook up some local threads on occasion, himself, and frankly I thought it was pretty cool of him.
That oughta look dapper, but goddamn Putin makes it look badass... but then, that's Putin, seriously even Emperor Palpatine kinda pales in comparison.
No Mr Bond, I want you to die.
-Frem
It cannot be said enough, those who do not learn from history, are doomed to endlessly repeat it
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Originally posted by whozit:Quote:
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Nothin wrong with showin a little respect for folks we're tryin to get along with on this little ball of muddy water out in some back corner of the verse.
Shrub tended to hook up some local threads on occasion, himself, and frankly I thought it was pretty cool of him.
That oughta look dapper, but goddamn Putin makes it look badass... but then, that's Putin, seriously even Emperor Palpatine kinda pales in comparison.
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Originally posted by citizen:
Isn't bigdamnnobody supposed to pop up and talk about how "at least the right-wingers are picking stuff more substantial to go after Obama about". You have to say that a bow to some foreign dignitary is certainly more substantial than an illegal wiretrap...
I'm enjoying being proven right...
Hold it right there, nothing's been proven yet.
I believe the thread in question where I made that claim was more substantive than the numerous Bush said 'whatever' threads. I believe this thread does raise some interesting questions regarding protocols when meeting foreign dignitaries. Far more interesting, IMHO, than a thread bashing a President for grammatical errors. Did not say anything about threads regarding illegal wiretaps, that's your strawman.
I did say it would be interesting to see the roles of certain Poster's reversed now that a democrat is in office. I could be mistaken, but I believe Rue was hinting that if Bush did it, so can Obama.
But, but Clinton... has now been replaced with but, but Bush... I find that not humorous or hypocritical at all.
But Citizen, I digress. What was it you were saying about being proven right?
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Originally posted by whozit:Quote:
Originally posted by whozit:Quote:
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Nothin wrong with showin a little respect for folks we're tryin to get along with on this little ball of muddy water out in some back corner of the verse.
Shrub tended to hook up some local threads on occasion, himself, and frankly I thought it was pretty cool of him.
That oughta look dapper, but goddamn Putin makes it look badass... but then, that's Putin, seriously even Emperor Palpatine kinda pales in comparison.
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Originally posted by Wulfenstar:
Just curious, but whats the official procedure for the President when dealing with the Japanese head of state?
Do they both bow at the equal level and at the same time, or do they not bow at all?
Good question. I would think that if both bowed, as equals, and as is the custom for the Japanese, I see no problem. But to bow to the Saudi King, UNILATERALLY, then that's just right out.
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rue-
Bowing one's head, and a full frontal bow are two separate acts. Bush simply acknowledges the authority of the Pope, as liaison to the big guy upstairs. Bowing to a head of state, ala the King of S.A., where both are at least seen as equals, is a big no no.
But for the White House to say there WAS no bow, at all, now that's just flat out bizarre.
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Rue, I think the Righties aren't so much offended that someone touched the Queen, but rather that A BLACK PERSON TOUCHED THE QUEEN!!
Somehow, the First Lady of the U.S. isn't good enough to touch the Queen of England, but the President is TOO good to bow to the King of Saudi Arabia.
At least, that's the read I get out of it from the reaction of those on the right.
Mike
So, basically what you're saying is, a black person can do anything they want, and not be criticized ? Because they're black?
Makes sense to me.
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Originally posted by AURaptor:Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
Rue, I think the Righties aren't so much offended that someone touched the Queen, but rather that A BLACK PERSON TOUCHED THE QUEEN!!
Somehow, the First Lady of the U.S. isn't good enough to touch the Queen of England, but the President is TOO good to bow to the King of Saudi Arabia.
At least, that's the read I get out of it from the reaction of those on the right.
Mike
So, basically what you're saying is, a black person can do anything they want, and not be criticized ? Because they're black?
Makes sense to me.
So basically what you're saying is that a black person can't do anything right, simply because they're black?
Seems about your speed.
Mike
Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
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