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Did he or didn't he? The photo of Obama's backside as he bows to the Saudi king has now gone viral on the net with all sorts of pithy captions. Youtube videos of the now infamous bow have surpassed tens of thousands of views. But the question still remains, did President Obama kiss the ring of the Saudi king?
The White House released a statement over the weekend denouncing the bow as a misread by the press. President Obama was simply shaking the hand of a man shorter than him.
Conservative columnist and blogger Michelle Malkin was outraged at the display and asked if the president had bowed to anyone else that day. Arguably, the Saudi king received the most respect, the deepest bow and the biggest toothy grin Obama could muster for the entire overseas trip.
The question still remains however, whether Obama went beyond the bow, beyond the cowering to a muslim king, to go so far as to kiss the ring. There is a gentleman who is ever-so-conveniently blocking the shot, but if you study the reactions of the men behind the king, perhaps you can make a better judgement.
Whether he puckered his lips and gave it a smack we may never know, but either way, the President of the United States of America is at the very least an equal to leaders of other countries. The bow was excessive. The bow was unnecessary. And no matter what distorted spin the White House propoganda machine calls it, it was most definitely a bow.
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