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Composite of Associated Press photograph and Charlie Hebdo
caricatures by surviving cartoonist Catherine Meurisse known as “Riss” and the
assassinated Stephane Charbonniere
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BBC
News
reported that 3.7 million people came out of their homes to attend a unity
rally in defiance of the filthy heresy of Islam and the misguided animals who
slaughter innocents in its name.
I was sleeping in
Sunday morning when a friend called saying she had a renewed sense of hope. “What?” I asked. “Are you not watching the Unity Rally in
Paris?” she asked. “It’s wonderful.
There are millions of people lining the streets of Paris right now. You’ve got to see this.”
I turned on the TV to
see more than 40 world leaders linking arms in an act of solidarity with the
families of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo and Kosher deli attacks and the
people of France to denounce the terrorist attacks. The sea of humanity flowed through the
streets of the City of Lights chanting “Liberte” and “Charlie” waving the flag
of France and singing their national anthem.
French President Francois Hollande said, “Paris is the capital of the
world today.” It was one of the most moving and powerful events we've seen in the public arena in a long time.
One thing I noticed
was the conspicuous absence of one world leader—The World’s Most Dangerous
Community Organizer.
“America snubs historic
Paris rally: Holder was there but skipped out early, Kerry was in India, Obama
and Biden just stayed home”
“President Barack Obama and other top members of his
administration have snubbed a historic rally in Paris today.”
No cabinet secretaries or other
senior officials attended, leaving only US Ambassador to France Jane Hartley as
the top U.S. official there.
The article continued, “According to an administration
official, President Obama spent part of his Sunday afternoon watching a
National Football League game on television.
Both games were broadcast hours after the march.”
Frequent water
carrier for the Administration, Rick Ungar wrote,
“While I have often taken issue with the enemies of Obama who unreasonably and,
in my judgment, unfairly criticize and condemn his every move, the President’s
decision to pass on the Paris Unity March puts significant tarnish on his Nobel
Peace Prize, the awarding of which is now increasingly looking as satirical as
the work done by the fallen cartoonists and writers at Charley (sic) Hebdo.”
“So difficult is it
to understand what led to the President’s decision not to participate in Paris,
the only rational cause I can conjure up would be a concern for Obama’s safety.”
Bless his heart. No, security for the president was not an issue. About
2,000 police officers and 1,350 soldiers—including elite marksmen on rooftops—were
deployed in the capital to protect participants. If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
felt safe enough to attend the rally, it was certainly safe enough for The
World’s Most Dangerous Community Organizer.
The United States
will always be remembered as the country whose leader thought a football game
was more important than standing with the world in defiance of terrorism on
that historic day. No excuse the White House can conjure up in the coming days will erase the devastating snub.
