Obama’s visit to Japan inspired a lot of discussions among critics. The most important controversial issue had been Obama’s bow to Japan’s emperor and empress. Americans are so unhappy about Obama’s way of greeting and they believe that Obama as the representative of the most powerful nation in the world shouldn’t downgrade himself and Americans.
This is the second time that Obama uses this gesture. The first bow was in Saudi Arabia. Americans believe that president of the United States should always stand firm and upward to show American power and dignity all around the world, but I think Obama bowed to Japan’s emperor as a sign of respect and friendship and he wanted to do it in Japanese way to fulfill his message of friendship. But there could be other impulses to make Obama willing to do this action. Obama has always introduced himself as a pacifist president opposed to George Bush who was known as a belligerent president waging war on Iraq and Afghanistan. To enlarge the image of a pacifier that Obama had introduced from himself to the world, he had to do something, and this way of greeting could very much help Obama to strengthen the notion that he had created in people’s minds during his election campaign and also he could claim to be the president who carries the message of friend ship and love all around the world and improve America’s image in the world
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