It’s not the first time a head of state has snubbed President Barack Obama.
In fact, just months ago, it was communist dictator raul castro who didn’t bother to show up when Mr. Obama landed in Havana.
But this latest snub, by Saudi Arabia’s King Faisal, which comes while Mr. Obama is actively trying to protect his country from being sued by victims of 9/11 (19 of the 20 perpetrators were Saudi) is particularly galling.
From Dave Boyer’s article in the Washington Times:
Saudi Arabian officials delivered a snub to President Obama Wednesday as he arrived in Riyadh to reassure the anxious ally about his nuclear deal with Iran and to seek more cooperation in the fight against Islamist extremists in Syria and Iraq.
Stepping off of Air Force One at the airport in the Saudi capital, Mr. Obama was greeted not by King Salman but by a lower-ranking royal, Prince Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud, the governor of Riyadh. Ahead of the president’s arrival, Saudi state television showed the king personally greeting senior officials from other Gulf nations arriving at an air base.
