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folks are giving obama a hard time about bowing to other foreign leaders. there's a bunch of ways to spin this. here are some of the more interesting ones. obama is as at least as stupid as bush. maybe even stupider. heh. he's the most powerful man in the world. he can redefine protocol at will. hrm. he's expressing the us's new position in the world. ie previous presidents squandered us prestige on stupid shit. in order to get that respect back we have to show respect. hurm. he's a black man at the top of what is effectively a white man's world. this bowing behavior might be part of the strategy that put him where he is. dunno. take your pick. ask him.