In Paris there was a march for “free speech”, occasioned by the evisceration of a satire/outrage magazine whose repeated focus gag was piss-takes of Muhammad, and to a lesser extent of Jesus, the Pope, rabbis, etc. The march was led by, led by, a group of characters including:The Prime Minister of Turkey, the country which has jailed more journalists than anyone in the worldThe Foreign Minister of Egypt, which has Peter Greste and two other Al Jazeera staff serving 10-year prison terms on absurd charges/convictionsPutin’s Foreign Minister, a government whose shadowy affiliated gangs have murdered dozens of journalists in the past decade and a halfThe Foreign Minister of Bahrain (‘nuff said).The Prime Minister of Poland, whose government raided the Polish Charlie Hebdo equivalent when it “embarrassed” the governmentThe Prime Minister of Ireland, where blasphemy remains an enforced criminal offenceA sheikh from Qatar, where people are serving 15-year terms for “blasphemous” poetryLeaders of Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and the Palestinian territories, who all jailed journosIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Israel Defence Force lethally targeted journos during the Gaza invasionUK Prime Minister David Cameron, where Defence Advisory Notices and super-injunctions keep a host of live information from the publicThe Saudi ambassador to France, whose country has handed out a thousand lashes to a man convicted of blasphemyThe Secretary-General of NATO, which deliberately bombed the Belgrade station of Yugoslav public TV during the Kosovo operation, killing 16 journalistsThe US Attorney-General, who works for a government which has cracked down harder on whistleblowers than any other.
The “leaders” weren’t anywhere near the main demonstration, security concerns. But it doesn’t matter what Obama did, he would still be attacked for it. If he’d parted the Atlantic and WALKED across to be there, folks would be complaining he upset shipping schedules.
George W Bush was in Edinburgh atteninding a G-20 summit on July 7, 2005 when the attacks in London occurred. He did not go down to London with Tony Blair to standby by our ally in its time of need. He immediately flew BACK TO WASHINGTON. The next day, July 8, he went to the British Embassy in Washington to sign the book of condolences.The reason he probably did this was because Secret Service told him to leave for his own security reasons. Think about logistics of having the President attend a rally in a foreign country on less than 48 hour notice. The British or German Chancellor can have breakfast with their families at home, fly to Paris for the rally and be back in their capitals in time for dinner. It isn’t that easy when you’re on the other side of the pond.
Dan1313131313 over 9 years ago
Obama did say that he would stand on the side of the muslim terrorists.Here’s another example…
LOLisgood4U over 9 years ago
He’s a spiritual coward.
colinmichaeljames over 9 years ago
In Paris there was a march for “free speech”, occasioned by the evisceration of a satire/outrage magazine whose repeated focus gag was piss-takes of Muhammad, and to a lesser extent of Jesus, the Pope, rabbis, etc. The march was led by, led by, a group of characters including:The Prime Minister of Turkey, the country which has jailed more journalists than anyone in the worldThe Foreign Minister of Egypt, which has Peter Greste and two other Al Jazeera staff serving 10-year prison terms on absurd charges/convictionsPutin’s Foreign Minister, a government whose shadowy affiliated gangs have murdered dozens of journalists in the past decade and a halfThe Foreign Minister of Bahrain (‘nuff said).The Prime Minister of Poland, whose government raided the Polish Charlie Hebdo equivalent when it “embarrassed” the governmentThe Prime Minister of Ireland, where blasphemy remains an enforced criminal offenceA sheikh from Qatar, where people are serving 15-year terms for “blasphemous” poetryLeaders of Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and the Palestinian territories, who all jailed journosIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Israel Defence Force lethally targeted journos during the Gaza invasionUK Prime Minister David Cameron, where Defence Advisory Notices and super-injunctions keep a host of live information from the publicThe Saudi ambassador to France, whose country has handed out a thousand lashes to a man convicted of blasphemyThe Secretary-General of NATO, which deliberately bombed the Belgrade station of Yugoslav public TV during the Kosovo operation, killing 16 journalistsThe US Attorney-General, who works for a government which has cracked down harder on whistleblowers than any other.
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
The “leaders” weren’t anywhere near the main demonstration, security concerns. But it doesn’t matter what Obama did, he would still be attacked for it. If he’d parted the Atlantic and WALKED across to be there, folks would be complaining he upset shipping schedules.
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
George W Bush was in Edinburgh atteninding a G-20 summit on July 7, 2005 when the attacks in London occurred. He did not go down to London with Tony Blair to standby by our ally in its time of need. He immediately flew BACK TO WASHINGTON. The next day, July 8, he went to the British Embassy in Washington to sign the book of condolences.The reason he probably did this was because Secret Service told him to leave for his own security reasons. Think about logistics of having the President attend a rally in a foreign country on less than 48 hour notice. The British or German Chancellor can have breakfast with their families at home, fly to Paris for the rally and be back in their capitals in time for dinner. It isn’t that easy when you’re on the other side of the pond.
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
And just for the record, no head of state from the Western Hemisphere attended the rally; this includes the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper.