Brace yourselves, ladies: You're about to see a rather shocking image of your president, kissing someone who most certainly is not his wife...

Soooo, yeah, this Barack Obama planting a smooch on none other than Hu Jintao, Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of a (clearly Photoshopped) Benetton ad.

There's a whole series of controversy-causing "can't we all just get along"-style image mash-ups in the brand's "Unhate" campaign, including one of Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy getting cozy, and another of Pope Benedict XVI and Egyptian imam Ahmed el Tayyeb, which was pulled last night after the Vatican protested use of its leader in what they deemed a disrespectful light.

The ads follow Benetton's long tradition of provocative imagery having nothing to do with their products, from an AIDS activist on his deathbed to an electric chair to a baby with the umbilical cord still attached. So, here's the question: Do these images (see the full range here) actually make you want to buy Benetton products? Do you think the buzz they're creating will be beneficial to the brand? And do you find the ads offensive? Discuss!



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