The video footage clearly shows President Obama bowing to the Saudi king. Efforts by the White House and other spinmeisters to explain this away are risible. (Now this is the only part of this story I find significant – if predictable.) Many of a more conservative or Republican bent are making much of this. The president bowed to a Muslim (or a king or the leader of some other nation)!
Why such a hard time over a bow? What is wrong with a gesture of respect that is appropriate to the culture of the nation one is visiting?
I have my problems with the Obama administration – but on this occasion do not understand the furor.
