President Barack Obama took a strangely deep bow before Japanese Emperor Akihito, Friday.

Perhaps, he thought he was Darth Vader who said he would not "bow before anyone but the Emperor".

Nah, Obama took a similarly submissive bow before King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

Perhaps, he is just a humble man confident of his power.

Oh right. Can you see him bowing before Hillary Clinton? Sarah Palin? Rush Limbaugh?

Or perhaps he is not an natural born American after all.

Here Vice President Dick Cheney shows how a real American would have greeted Akhito: