To Bow or Not to Bow?

David Streeter — November 24, 2009 – 1:50 pm | Foreign Policy | Obama Comments (0) Add a comment

The internet is buzzing with various pundits commenting on President Barack Obama’s bow to the Japanese Emperor, Akihito. In response, Foreign Policy ‘s Joshua Keating published a photo history of American presidents bowing to various heads of state.

Obama may or may not have committed a harmless so-called faux pas, but he is certainly not the first nor the last president to be engulfed in this sort of gossip-ridden scandal. Regardless of the height of his bow, Obama will have to do a lot more in order to supplant President George H.W. Bush as king of the Japanese faux pas.

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