Update: It was obviously not deep enough.

But did it buy Obama any respect from Abdullah and the Saudis? Apparently not. Arab News, the recognized media mouthpiece for the Saudi royal family, dismisses Obama in an editorial today as false change:

The so-called new plan is nothing but Bush’s old wine in Obama’s new bottle. So much for the “Change We Can”! Looks like the pundits who mocked our boundless adulation for Obama and celebration of “change in Washington” were right after all. They were right when they insisted that whoever is in charge in Washington, the US foreign policy seldom changes. This is unfortunate considering the great expectations and hopes the new president’s talk of exploring a “new way forward” had spawned across the Muslim world.

Glad to know that MO was not there to bear hug everybody.

Obama bowing before Saudi King.

Uhm, that protocol office needs to be staffed with qualified people.

Look it up on Google Miss Manners.

Not necessary.

POTUS rearend view...Americans do not bow to foreign monarchs because that act signified the monarch's power over his subjects.

Pretty darned steep bow there.  Must see?  Watch.