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Michelle Obama forgoes a headscarf and sparks a backlash in Saudi Arabia
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 67291592:MV8yNzc4OTQyXzQ4NTcwNTAyX0QzRjU4OUY=] [quote:Anonymous Coward 41935485:MV8yNzc4OTQyXzQ4NTY2Njg5XzQ4NzlDMzJB] [quote:nutmeg:MV8yNzc4OTQyXzQ4NTY2NTg3X0FEODc1MDc0] [quote:Anonymous Coward 41570726:MV8yNzc4OTQyXzQ4NTY0MzM2Xzk3RjAwRDEw] [quote:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:MV8yNzc4OTQyX0IxRjZBOEI=] Michelle Obama forgoes a headscarf and sparks a backlash in Saudi Arabia Barack Obama was in Riyadh on Tuesday to pay his respects to the late Saudi King Abdullah. His visit, for which he cut short a much-hyped trip to India, underscores how important the U.S.-Saudi relationship remains to the American leadership. On social media, however, much of the attention has focused on something else: His wife's attire. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/01/27/michelle-obama-forgoes-a-headscarf-and-sparks-a-backlash-in-saudi-arabia/ [/quote] Good for her ! I hope she does not kneel or bow to the queen either. [/quote] You are what other countries call, "The Ugly American." Ignorant and uneducated. You give the rest of us, who have respect for other cultures and customs, a bad name. By the way, the queen does not expect anyone to bow or kneel to her! lol [/quote] And you are what most intelligent people call..."the village idiot". Do we expect..no DEMAND....other people of different cultures to wear american attire when they visit america? Should we freak out when a visiting politician from India refuses to wear jeans? Seriously...you defend such ignorant and hostile attitudes of a culture demanding a person wear THEIR attire? Yet you don't see your own hypocrisy. Typical village idiot [/quote] You are the village idiot. Jeans are neither part of your religion nor your laws. If you can't respect the law of the land, whether you agree with it or not, you shouldn't visit. Having said that, she shouldn't have visited anyway. US has been running round the globe trying to force democracy on democratic countries like Ukraine for decades. They've been murdering middle east rulers in the name of democracy. The Wests fawning over death of absolute ruler Abdullah just shows you are only a despot if you aren't buying enough arms from the west. [/quote]
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Michelle Obama forgoes a headscarf and sparks a backlash in Saudi Arabia
Barack Obama was in Riyadh on Tuesday to pay his respects to the late Saudi King Abdullah. His visit, for which he cut short a much-hyped trip to India, underscores how important the U.S.-Saudi relationship remains to the American leadership. On social media, however, much of the attention has focused on something else: His wife's attire.
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