In case you haven’t heard, Obama’s media disinformation machine at the White House is denying that Obama bowed to Saudi King Abdullah while at the G-20 Summit…
“It wasn’t a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he’s taller than King Abdullah,” said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The Washington Times called the alleged bow a “shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate” and said it violated centuries of American tradition of not deferring to royalty. The Weekly Standard, meanwhile, noted that American protocol apparently rules out bowing, or at least it reportedly did on the occasion of a Clinton “near-bow” to the emperor of Japan.
Interestingly, a columnist in the Saudi-backed Arabic paper Asharq Alawsat also took the gesture as a bow and appreciated the move.
Of course this explanation is actually contradicted by video of the incident, which undeniably shows Obama bowing, and the Saudi King actually looking down towards Obama, not at his eye level.
Click here for the video. Here is a screenshot, with King Abdullah’s line of sight illustrated.
That, my friends, is all you need to see. That was a bow. Obama bowed roughly 10-12 inches lower than the King’s eyes, much more than necessary if it were only to aid in the grasping of his hands. So the excuse by the White House is laughable.
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