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April 08, 2009

German Feelings vs. Honoring History

You have got to be kidding me.

Barack Obama, concerned about offending Britain and Germany, rebuffed strenuous attempts by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France to persuade the new American president to make a trip to Normandy this week.

White House officials travelled to France at the start of March to discuss a visit by Mr Obama to Omaha Beach, the site of the American Cemetery, established in 1944 just after D-Day and where 9,387 American personnel are buried. Among them is Theodore Roosevelt Jr the eldest son of the 26th US President.

French officials and senior American military officers walked with White House staff through the cemetery discussing how the two presidents might follow the same route. But even before their trip, the White House had decided that Mr Obama would not travel there this week.

I'm not sure how visiting the site of a major WWII battle in which tens of thousands of American soldiers participated and thousands gave their lives to free Europe could be seen as offensive, or why it should matter.

What a disgraceful decision, one that will be compounded if Obama does not visit in June. (h/t: dpud)

Posted by slublog at April 8, 2009 09:21 PM

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Well, Germany might be a little ashamed, but Britain? Really?

Posted by: Dan Pete at April 8, 2009 11:13 PM

The real shame is America's - a slight majority elected a man-child who has no clue about his country, its history or its obligations.

He spits on our fallen while bowing to a foreign king - he is completely unworthy of the office he occupies.

Posted by: Murph at April 9, 2009 08:18 AM

Murph -

You have GOT to be kidding me!!!
Remember, a 'slight' majority of the vote was for Al Gore in 2004, still Bush 'won'.
Obama won by a landslide, well more than 50% of the votes. The GOP was kicked in the ass, and lost all majorities.
This man is more of a man than you will ever be.
He's now your Commander-in-Chief. Live with it.

He will restore the honor and dignity that the US deserves, and that the US lost while Bush Jr. was president.

I think you're projecting - he knows way way more about this country than you will ever know.

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