Interesting picture. Even Moby found it interesting enough to blog about (check here). Moby called the picture "creepy" and wrote the following:
don’t get me wrong, i’m not opposed to same sex couples walking around holding hands, but i do find it a bit odd when the president of the united states walks around with the crown prince of saudi arabia and they’re so close and intimate that they’re holding hands like young lovers.
Now, if you’re a pomomusings regular (and even if you’re not), you’ll know that I’m no Bush-fan by any means. Not at all. And I am generally a Moby-fan. But Moby apparently just does not get it here. Granted, we all probably have our own views about this meeting between President Bush and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, what we should not be objecting to is them holding hands. Here I am actually a little bit impressed with Bush. He knows that it is the custom of the Middle East for me to hold hands while they walk together, it’s just common. Anyone who has been in Egypt, or Palestine or other places in the Middle East will tell you – just get used to it. It is how men walk in public. So, Moby (and others) – let’s be upset with this picture because of what this says about America’s (or rather, Bush’s) foreign policy, with the obsession with oil, etc. But c’mon Moby, let’s not blog about how this picture is "creepy" because they’re holding hands — I’d expect you to be a bit more culturally-knowledgeable than that…