Dudes, do you have to do that in front of the cameras?

[elfs]

Seriously, can anyone explain to me why the elected leader of the Land of the Free insists on holding hands like a fucking lovebird with the evil dictator who misrules the country that produced 15 of 19 Sept. 11 hijackers, and is the single biggest exporter and financier of Islamic nutbaggery? Why do they always insist on holding handsies?

(Thanks to Matt Welch via Hit & Run)

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[fallenpegasus]

Probably because people from State's cultural liason briefed him to do so.

In the US the "personal space" is a certain so, and you shake hands.

In Latin America, its a lot smaller, and you kiss cheeks.

In Japan, you pretend it's a lot bigger, especially with physical necessity makes it a lot smaller, and you stand back and bow as so.

And in Arabia, you hold hands.


In Latin America and in the Middle East, one will often see cops walking their beats in pairs, holding hands. It means something different there then it does here.