Eh, the playoffs were more important, don't ya know. And besides, Obama's busy shutting down GITMO. How would that look to stand against all the 'freedom fighters' of the world? The guy's got a legacy to uphold for Pete's sake.NYDailyNews: The U.S. attorney general, in Paris for a terrorism summit with French President Francois Hollande, did not join world leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for the march and rally that drew a million people days after 12 were shot at satirical paper Charlie Hebdo. Others such as Obama and Vice President Biden were also not in attendance.
More than 40 heads of state came together in Paris to denounce a wave of terrorism that defiled the City of Light last week — yet there was one glaring exception: The U.S. sent only a low-level official.
French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron and dozens of other world leaders all took part in the powerful denunciation of last week’s terror attacks that left 17 innocents dead.
Even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas set aside their differences to march together on Boulevard Voltaire.
But the nation that stands as the symbolic face of the war on terror was nowhere in sight.
Neither President Obama nor Vice President Biden showed up — and in fact, America’s only representative was its relatively unknown and low-profile ambassador to France.
Obama and Biden had empty public schedules Sunday, but the White House declined to comment on why they didn’t go.
The natural choice — Secretary of State Kerry, a Francophile who speaks the language — was in India for a longstanding engagement with the prime minister, White House officials said.
America, what the hell were you thinking putting these children in charge?
Related link: America snubs historic Paris rally: Holder was there but skipped out early, Kerry was in India, Obama and Biden just stayed home
ADDENDUM: via Levin:
Related links: List of leaders who attended Paris rallyOn Monday's Mark Levin Show: A unity march in Paris over the weekend was attended by world leaders against terrorism; the same people that have voted against defending the world against Islamo-nazis and voted for the destruction of the state of Israel. President Obama wasn't in attendance, but there's more important things to worry about with him, like his withdrawing of armed forces in the Middle East, paving the way for ISIS to fill the void. Obama and Eric Holder won't stereotype Islamonazis as Muslim terrorists yet they're quick to stereotype cops as racists.
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