That jerk, how dare he show respect for other people's cultures who are hosting him! He should be kissing cheeks and thrusting his 6-inch gold belt buckle all over the place, just like the last President!
Obama's awesome. He knows his shit.
Wait... Obama... is a person? Who swats flies? And says hello? Dear god.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;18417673]But Bush kissed the Saudi Prince and held his hand. Nothing then. Why the fuck is this an issue?[/QUOTE]
Either because he's black or a democrat, most likely both.
*insert random HTWW or glenn beck episode here*
Bullshit news like this is the reason why there is so much ignorance in America.
I think it is fantastic how he shows his respect for other cultures.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;18417673]But Bush kissed the Saudi Prince and held his hand. Nothing then. Why the fuck is this an issue?[/QUOTE]
Obama is a hippy commie liberal socialist gay-agenda-pushing abortion-mongering non-us-citizen fascist racist marxist satanist stoner though
You silly Americans.
Obama will lead 'merica into a long and terrible reign of [highlight][I][U]COMMUNISM[/U][/I][/highlight].
Obama is a weeaboo!
[QUOTE=Zeke129;18417803]Obama is a hippy commie liberal socialist gay-agenda-pushing abortion-mongering non-us-citizen fascist racist marxist satanist stoner though[/QUOTE]
If he was all of those things, I'd vote for him just because of how impressive it would be to successfully merge so many conflicting view points.
If it was the other way around, Japan would've been bitching about disrespect and that article would be bashing Obama for it.
it was lose-lose for Obama.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;18417420]What's he going to use to sit on now?![/QUOTE]
Glenn Beck is so full of shit that all the gasses in his body makes him float a meter above the ground,
[QUOTE=lolwutdude;18418042]If it was the other way around, Japan would've been bitching about disrespect and that article would be bashing Obama for it.
it was lose-lose for Obama.[/QUOTE]
Calm down, all he did was greet them.
America slapped Japan around and made it their bitch and now Obama is showing weakness. Japan is going to exploit it and before you know it, they're going to have kamekazi attacks left, right and centre!
This is crazy, it's a tradition.
Although he went a little overboard in the middle of the video (0:09+) he was like bowing to everything for a second, haha.
Butthurt americans can't hold their president on a leash.
Japanese news:
Japans Emperor shakes hand of Obama, IS HE CRAZY?
Glenn Beck is a republican.
Bowing is basically the equivalent of shaking hands over there, as some people have already said.
Still, how come the descendant of the ruler of Japan during the 2nd world war, when it was responsible for god knows how many war crimes gets treated with respect?
Somehow I think any relatives of Hitler wouldn't get the same treatment.
[QUOTE=johanz;18418757]Butthurt americans.[/QUOTE]
Fixed.
It's good that Obama is showing some respect for other countries. America has had a reputation of a hostile country for quite a bit.
Way to overreact...
Now showing respect to other people is a bad thing? PEACE is a bad thing?!
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Also it's funny the way he bows about 20 times whilst talking to them :P
