Comments on: Ooops!! I Dropped My Pen Again! http://www.chandlerswatch.com/2009/11/16/ooops-i-dropped-my-pen-again/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:37:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gerald Baker http://www.chandlerswatch.com/2009/11/16/ooops-i-dropped-my-pen-again/comment-page-1/#comment-3612 Gerald Baker Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:23:50 +0000 http://www.chandlerswatch.com/?p=12824#comment-3612 I found a web site with the picture of Bush and Bandar, that shows Bandar in a much higher position than Bush: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Prince_Bandar_bin_Sultan_with_G.W._Bush.jpg I think, a likely reason that US presidents toady and kowtow to foreign rulers, is to get the cooperation of their subjects, by means of flattery. It reminds me of a somewhat related comment, by George Bernard Shaw: "Vulgarity, in a king, flatters his subjects." I found a web site with the picture of Bush and Bandar, that shows Bandar in a much higher position than Bush:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Prince_Bandar_bin_Sultan_with_G.W._Bush.jpg

I think, a likely reason that US presidents toady and kowtow to foreign rulers, is to get the cooperation of their subjects, by means of flattery. It reminds me of a somewhat related comment, by George Bernard Shaw:

“Vulgarity, in a king, flatters his subjects.”

]]> By: Howie http://www.chandlerswatch.com/2009/11/16/ooops-i-dropped-my-pen-again/comment-page-1/#comment-3609 Howie Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:10:00 +0000 http://www.chandlerswatch.com/?p=12824#comment-3609 No the dropped pen incident that I am alluding to is just a few months old. If you think back to when President Obama bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, Press Sec Gates said that President Obama had just dropped his pen. No the dropped pen incident that I am alluding to is just a few months old. If you think back to when President Obama bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, Press Sec Gates said that President Obama had just dropped his pen.

]]> By: Gerald Baker http://www.chandlerswatch.com/2009/11/16/ooops-i-dropped-my-pen-again/comment-page-1/#comment-3603 Gerald Baker Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:21:30 +0000 http://www.chandlerswatch.com/?p=12824#comment-3603 The pen-dropping incident, to which you allude, must be that of President Truman, when he met with Hirohito on the USS Missouri, for the signing of the Japanese surrender treaty. I mentioned it on my blog, today, but am not sure of my source, for that information. I remember that, when President Bush met with Prince Bandar, of Saudi Arabia, he used a more subtle approach to indicate his subservience to the latter. in the official picture, which was published in newspapers and, for a while, on a Wikipedia site, Bandar is shown sitting in a higher position than Bush, showing his de facto higher rank. The pen-dropping incident, to which you allude, must be that of President Truman, when he met with Hirohito on the USS Missouri, for the signing of the Japanese surrender treaty. I mentioned it on my blog, today, but am not sure of my source, for that information.

I remember that, when President Bush met with Prince Bandar, of Saudi Arabia, he used a more subtle approach to indicate his subservience to the latter. in the official picture, which was published in newspapers and, for a while, on a Wikipedia site, Bandar is shown sitting in a higher position than Bush, showing his de facto higher rank.

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