Only A Fed Would…
>>22269554, >>22269725, >>22269747 Wheres the Flag Poll? (PB)
Americans and Brits Got Shot for just waving with their Left Hand…
Who would Believe that they would Disrespect a FLAG?
Taking Iraqi Customs to Heart
To start with, handshakes in the Arab culture are gentle. The hearty, bone-crushing approach popular among Americans comes off as aggressive here.
“That means, hey, I’ve got you, I own you,” Mahoney explained. And a man never shakes a woman’s hand, even gently; the hand-on-heart gesture is the correct way to greet a woman.
It’s also impolite to refuse tea in an Iraqi home.
The left hand must be used with care because Iraqis reserve it for hygienic purposes; it communicates dirtiness and disrespect.
The right hand should be used for gesturing, touching objects and handling food and utensils, according to U.S. and Iraqi experts.
The thumbs-up gesture in Arab countries means roughly the same as raising a middle finger in the West. The sight or touch of the soles of the feet is an even graver insult: Jubilant Iraqis who whacked the fallen statue of Saddam Hussein with their shoes last April were subjecting the tyrant to the worst humiliation imaginable.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-mar-27-fg-heart27-story.html