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mozartvicious
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Obama Bows to Saudi King
#10135703 - 04/09/09 11:26 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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This is humiliating and I'm quite pissed about it. Americans shouldn't be bowing to anyone, let alone this piece of shit.
Fuck you Obama.
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I kinda agree.
Is that just the way they show respect in that country though?
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bow for oil
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Re: Obama Bows to Saudi King [Re: MOTH]
#10135719 - 04/09/09 11:28 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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No... I understand etiquette and being cordial, but this is inappropriate... especially considering he refused to bow to the queen of England.
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getting riled up over that?
Tensions ARE high...
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Re: Obama Bows to Saudi King [Re: druqs]
#10135727 - 04/09/09 11:30 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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I for one welcome our new reptilian overlords.
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He does dip pretty low, maybe he dropped something on the floor
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Re: Obama Bows to Saudi King [Re: milkman]
#10135747 - 04/09/09 11:33 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Damn him for cultural sensitivity.
Doesn't he realize there is only one way to do things? And that way, is the AMERICAN WAY.
We should go to war with anyone who doesn't look, think or act like us.
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Re: Obama Bows to Saudi King [Re: Kickle]
#10135749 - 04/09/09 11:33 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
Kickle said:
getting riled up over that?
Tensions ARE high...
I wouldn't really say riled up, but when The President of the United States, a major representative of us as a people, bows to a misogynistic, sinister, arrogant piece of shit like that, we pretty much ALL kissed that guys' ass... if you don't get at least a little pissed about that, then sir, I don't believe you have blood running through your veins.
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Re: Obama Bows to Saudi King [Re: badchad]
#10135755 - 04/09/09 11:34 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
badchad said: Damn him for cultural sensitivity.
Doesn't he realize there is only one way to do things? And that way, is the AMERICAN WAY.
We should go to war with anyone who doesn't look, think or act like us.
Cultural sensitivity? Come on man, don't be a PC goon, He refused to bow to the Queen of England... what about that Cultural sensitivity?
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when i met the queen we 'high fived'
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I guess that means you know Obama's reasoning, or at least are speculating, and you find it unworthy.
I'm not going to take that leap of speculation, because that video clip tells me jack shit.
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Re: Obama Bows to Saudi King [Re: Kickle]
#10135813 - 04/09/09 11:44 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hmm, well, to me it looks like a bow. Obama supporters might, as well as the official white house statement included, deem it as just 'a low handshake'... I imagine if Bush (who I didn't like either, just making a point) were to slightly bend over while shaking the hand of Saddam, it would be blown up and used by every lefty, democrat and liberal in the world against him and would likely be deemed as "a bow". When a republican does something inappropriate, the media blows it out of proportion and the leftists go haywire... when Obama does it, "oh, that's speculation, I can't tell he's bowing in THAT video"
Obama bowed, don't be foolish.
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I never denied he bowed. The speculation I'm referring to is the WHY he bowed.
For all I know, this, in your own words, "arrogant" saudi king, would be unreceptive to ideas unless some form of respect was shown.
Or Obama could be sucking dick for oil.
I sure as hell don't know, and that video doesn't tell me a damn thing.
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Re: Obama Bows to Saudi King [Re: Kickle]
#10135917 - 04/09/09 12:01 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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The world shouldn't bow down to America and be policed by America.
Who the fuck cares if he bowed to a Saudi Prince? It's just a show of good faith and probably has something to do with Oil.
Americans shouldn't be bowing to anyone? That's works both ways
America won't be a super power forever and one day America might be bowing down to the Goddamn Chinese.
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Re: Obama Bows to Saudi King [Re: hpi]
#10135949 - 04/09/09 12:06 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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I care if he bowed to a Saudi King, it shows submission not cordial respect (A handshake would've been acceptable) and whether you like America or not, it is America's duty to maintain a strong image on the geopolitical scale because we are an essential unit in the function of most of the world. It's just how it is bro. You can bury your head in a philosophical sand pit and ignore it, but it doesn't make it untrue.
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Americas got a REAL strong image being what, 11 trillion in debt?
But you know what the reality is? No one gives a flying fuck what you think about that bow to the prince cause you're just a nobody in the political world.
It's just how it is, BRO.
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How do you know a handshake would have sufficed? This goes back to the speculation I referred to.
Also, what makes you believe that image is all there is to the political game and that image can not be sacrificed to gain in other areas?
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Re: Obama Bows to Saudi King [Re: hpi]
#10135985 - 04/09/09 12:11 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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You're awfully angry for a Canadian, haha.
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