Why US leaders bow their heads towards ground when meeting Saudi dictators?

[enhanced_deficit]

Respect for big money .. or fear of their robes ... or inferiority complex or something else drives such bizarre conduct?

Not just one or two isolated incidences, seems like common practice.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CXwk7gEUQAAWDjn.jpg


http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/553508e1eab8ead2088b4567-1200-924/hillary-saudi-arabia-1.jpg


http://www.truthandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/obama_bow_saudi_king.png


https://thelastgreatstand.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Bow.jpg

[Zippyjuan]

Maybe he should drop more bombs instead.

[enhanced_deficit]

Maybe he should drop more bombs instead.

He/she probably would if payment is good.

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/3cbfb1c7dfab989b40185ae77bfc26b0471c3341/c=5-0-3666-2753&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/2015/05/20/Phoenix/Phoenix/635676891156692865-BensonCOLOR--Hillary-Saudi-Money-05-20-15.jpg
https://ivarfjeld.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/obama-muslim-honor.jpg





Or at least could train/arm some radical Jihadis.

http://conservativebase.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Libya-visit-by-Clinton-800x445.jpg
Benghazi gate: She is accused of grooming radical Islamic Jihadis in Libya , Syria

http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/hillary-libya.jpg

[pcosmar]

https://melaniekillingervowell.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/bush-holds-hands-11-9-10.png?w=455

http://work949.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bush-and-saudi-king.jpg

[FindLiberty]

Could bow to indicate submission - ready and willing for a neck choppin' (lol)

of just a polite custom. Hand shake to prove no weapon is in (that) hand, etc.?

[TheTexan]

Bowing your head to a Saudi - or any non-American for that matter, is for pussies.

[phill4paul]

Bowing your head to a Saudi - or any non-American for that matter, is for pussies.

Agreed! It's not like these foreigners are cops. In the presence of American cops citizens should definitely doff their caps and avoid eye-contact by looking at the ground. It's a sign of respect and we should all be respectful towards heroes.

[JK/SEA]

what would Ben Franklin do...

[timosman]

"diplomatic protocol" :D That or they own us outright.

[JK/SEA]

"diplomatic protocol" :D That or they own us outright.

nah...they're cowards.

[donnay]

It's more like genuflecting. They know who their owners are.