And explains something that many are missing in this whole story: Their culture considers it a bigger insult to the host than to the guest when the guest is treated in such fashion. As he says, insulting the guest is a bigger insult to the host. The fact that he implies that they’re unfamiliar with his culture must just grate on their progressiveness.

As for, “What about what Bush did?”, perhaps the loon could be a bit more specific. You mean sending troops in to eliminate a threat that at least two different administrations thought existed and liberating 30 million men, women, and children in the process? You mean creating a scenario where treating a head of state in such a manner doesn’t result in execution? Damn good thing these Code Pink loons don’t have to leave their protective bubbles too much.