A very disturbing photo

[RockaFowler]

Bush: The King and I
Posted Jan 15th 2008 12:07PM by TMZ Staff

With 370 days and 23 hours left in his reign, George Bush worked on improving Mideast relations -- by warmly greeting Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud on Monday. Shall we dance?!





http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/15/bush-the-king-and-i/

[Hydra]

1. *ewww!*

Those two kissing and holding hands always make me cringe!

[SharonRB]

15. You took the "ewwww" right out of my mouth

It was exactly my first reaction.

[skipos]

2. It is better than the kiss with Lieberman. nt

[bryant69]

3. Yeah them Ayrabs have some weird ass customs.

Strange how President Bush is willing to accommodate such savages!

Bryant
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[malaise]

4. And he differs from them

because?

[bryant69]

12. You're right - Bush might be more Ayrab than human! n/t

[MrCoffee]

5. what's with the bling?

is he wearing some big gold necklace thing?

[hisownpetard]

9. You're jeal. You're pissed because Mr. T. didn't get one!! Admit it, y'fool!

[MrCoffee]

13. you just keep going with that jibba-jabba, fool!

Mr. T pities you.

[hisownpetard]

20. I don't need Mr. T. I can cut down my own trees with my BILLY MAYS PORTABLE TREE CHOPPIN' BLADES.

I pity HIM, dude.
All that bling, and he can't even get hair to grow on his whole head.

Sad little man.

[LostinVA]

6. If it's disturbing, because it's two men kissing -- you have issues

If it's disturbing, because it's Bush & the leader of Saudi Arabia being buddy-buddy that's fine.

[MrCoffee]

10. i'm disturbed for reason #2

those two posing together always gives me the willies.

[RockaFowler]

11. Uhh . . .

I thought this was disturbing because oil is $100 a barrel. I guess tomorrow it will be $200 a barrel

[Pyrzqxgl]

16. Men?

[LostinVA]

17. Then, what do you think I should call them?

[BigD_95]

7. sick

I feel sick now

[spanone]

8. 'i love you'

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[Virginia Dare]

18. Can't quit ya babe!..

[KansDem]

19. This photo is very telling of who dominates in that relationship

It is apparent Bush is submissive to King Abdullah although he poses to be so macho at home ("Bring it on!"). The King must know the "dos and don'ts" of male relationships in the United States, yet he expects Bush to observe his customs. Now, they are in the mideast so I don't really know what proper protocol is for the POTUS in this case: does he follow the customs of the land he's visiting or does the host concede that Bush is more accustomed to a bit of distance between two males in public in the US and honors his custom. However, then the two were in Crawford, Texas, the customs of the King took precedence once again:



One might expect the Saudis to observe American customs which is not the case here, so it appears Bush is only too willing to concede to the customs of the Saudis, even in his own country, and this raises questions about his ability to "stand up" to them. What else is he conceding to them?