Richard Nixon BOWED BEFORE MAO, who wasn't even Japanese. George H.W. Bush bowed before the remains of some dead emperor. George W. Bush held hands with that Saudi guy. The lesson here is that American presidents will prostrate themselves before pretty much anybody. Can we turn off the outrage machine now?

Barf on 'em. That shows them who's boss.
Choking on a pretzel shows the coffee tables who's boss.
I always find subverting their legitimate elections with CIA Black-Ops shows 'em who's boss.
"If you don't remember who or where you are, you don't bow to no one."
-Ronald Reagan
A bow just isn't what it used to be.
WHAT? WHAT?!? TURN OFF THE OUTRAGE MACHINE?!?
WHAT?!!??
Reagan started every meeting with a foreign head of state by punching them right inna mush. And then dozing lightly.
General Zod would not have believed that Obama was the president.
Nary a word when Woodrow Wilson blew Lenin, however.