Rocket Rob said:
Kissing a greeting and holding the hand of a frail old man are considered acts of equals and of friendship.
Bowing to a monarch signifies subservience to the throne.
Barack Obama is the first and only President to bow to a monarch
it does not signify a *edited* thing
Is it not an act of respect to hold an old man’s hand? Is it not an act of respect to greet a middle eastern old man with a bow?
So he is the only president to bow to a monarch? That means what?
The majority of articles which have covered this are all a bunch of racist, conservative Muslim haters. All complaining about something as pointless and stupid as how a president should greet someone. Complaining because the Queen wasn’t greeted as generously and because she is christian and the other guy is muslim, like it’s some kind of ethical treason. Absolutely absurd. Can someone please show me the protocol on how the president should and should not act? I just want to see where it says president’s don’t bow. That’s a cool tradition, but protocol?