Posted on 09/29/2016 1:13:02 PM PDT by Dave346
President Barack Obama, in a rare move, ordered the US flag be flown at half-staff at the White House and on federal grounds and government properties on Friday to mark the death of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, the White House announced on Wednesday.
Peres, the Israeli elder statesman who shared a Nobel Prize for forging a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, died at age 93 on Tuesday following complications from a recent stroke. In top Israeli leadership roles over the decades -- including prime minister and president -- the Labor Party veteran became a face of the Jewish State, instantly recognized and well-respected in Israel and across the globe.
Only infrequently has the US flag been flown at half-staff to mark the death of foreign dignitaries. Obama last issued the honor in 2013 after the passing of the South African leader Nelson Mandela, and President George W. Bush did the same to honor Pope John Paul II after his death in 2005.
Obama will lead a US delegation to Peres' funeral on Friday, and former President Bill Clinton is also slated to attend.
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I wonder how his mussie friends will view that.
Good golly, that man-child raises and lowers the flag of The United States of America more than I have ever seen by any previous presidents.
I wouldn’t believe this unless I was personally there to watch the lowering of the flag on Obung-hole’s orders, after the treatment he’s given Israel and Netanyahu.
The democrats are standing on shaky ground made of sand.....those tremors throughout the country are swallowing them up slowly.
Did no one tell this dumbass that there are actual protocals that tell you when you should or should not lower the flag?
‘Whenever you feel sad’ is not one of them.
What is the precedent for flying the USA flag at half staff for the death of foreign leaders?
+infinity
My wife calls him "President Half-Staff".....I used to think she was talking about his dick.
You got it!!!
I’m guessing he was one of those folks who are “basically citizens.”
Yep! That’s what it’s all about.
I imagine this is intended as a show of respect. I myself do not believe there is anything genuine in the display in terms of 0bamas’ thoughts or feelings.
But it is not right to do this for a foreign leader.
It’s always amazing how this idiot manages to twist anything that relates to a traditional protocol into a pretzel. Just to do it. This would be among his favorite types of little squiggies...a tweak just to set traditionalists off.
He ain’t lowering them because a guy called Peres died. Bozo is a Jew hater.
It would be simpler to announce when it’s OK to fly them at full staff.
ah, at least this time it was for a good man.
But there’s an ulterior motive. always is.
will help hillary, he thinks? who knows?
Shimon Peres was a major Leftist. That’s the reason for Obama’s acknowledgement of his passing. He was one of them. A salute to a brother.
My first thought as well.
He’s only trying to grab Israeli votes for the ‘D’s and Hitlery.
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