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Obama Did Not Bow To Abdullah

by | 8th, April 2009

BARACK Obama did not bow to King Abdullah. He contorted. He did not shake hands. He extended.

Ben Smith stoops:

THE White House is denying that the president bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at a G-20 meeting in London, a scene that drew criticism on the right and praise from some Arab outlets.

“It wasn’t a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he’s taller than King Abdullah,” said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Obama was not bowing, he was dipping.

And it wasn’t Abduallh he was meeting, it was him…



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