Posted on 01/11/2015 4:51:51 PM PST by Hojczyk
Paris (AFP) – Sunday’s massive march in Paris against terrorism drew dozens of world leaders in a show of unity — except from the United States, which was represented by its ambassador.
US Attorney General Eric Holder, who was in Paris Sunday to attend a meeting of interior and justice ministers discussing measures to combat jihadist attacks, was meant to have participated in the rally according to the White House on Saturday, but did not do so, the US embassy in Paris confirmed.
The embassy did not say why Holder did not attend the march. It said the United States was represented in the huge rally by its ambassador to France, Jane Hartley.
Holder, who was protected while in France by a detail of FBI officers, said after the ministers’ meeting that US President Barack Obama wanted to hold a summit of allied leaders in Washington on February 18 to “discuss ways in which we can counteract this violent extremism that exists around the world”.
He also expressed sympathy with France for the three days of carnage it suffered at the hands of three Islamist gunmen, saying: “On this day, we are all French citizens. I am a citizen of France, and we stand in solidarity with the French people.”
Other interior and justice ministers at the meeting, from 11 EU countries, went on to attend the Paris march.
Some observers questioned why the US presence was outranked by so many other countries in the demonstration, which also championed the principle of freedom of expression after Wednesday’s massacre in Paris at the offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
A CNN presenter, Jake Tapper, noted that Jordan, a close Muslim ally of the US, was represented by its king.
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“What me Worry?”
Obama’s and Holder’s best Alfred E Newman imitation.
Hay! He couldn’t miss his interview with the CBS dinosaur on De-Face The Nation!!!
Get a clue, Holder. Words aren’t going to get the job done as we will find out when “words” with Iran aren’t going to work either. Fool yourselves all you want - trouble is, it’s the rest of us who will pay the price. What protection you think you have from the coming terror is anyone’s guess.
“”discuss ways in which we can counteract this violent extremism that exists around the world”. “”
Except for his boss in the dingy formerly white house who is "a citizen of the whirled!!!"
Holder is a COWARD!
There must be a good reason for his absents, When it is left untold I must assume it is something embarrassing like shotgun diarrhea.
Eric Holder was the architect of Clinton presidential pardon of the Puerto Rican terrorist of the FALN.
Holder has a soft heart for terrorists.
“I remember this well, because it was such a big deal to consider clemency for a group of people convicted of such heinous crimes,” said Adams, the agency’s top pardon lawyer from 1997 until 2008. He said he told Holder of his “strong opposition to any clemency in several internal memos and a draft report recommending denial” and in at least one face-to-face meeting. But each time Holder wasn’t satisfied, Adams said.
The 16 members of the FALN (the Spanish acronym for Armed Forces of National Liberation) and Los Macheteros had been convicted in Chicago and Hartford variously of bank robbery, possession of explosives and participating in a seditious conspiracy. Overall, the two groups had been linked by the FBI to more than 130 bombings, several armed robberies, six slayings and hundreds of injuries.
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/09/how-eric-holder-fixed-the-faln-pardons/
“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction”
Barack Obama quote.
Does anyone think Holder would blow this off on his own? The orders come from his higher up...Valarie Jarrett...
This is outrageous. This administration is on the wrong side of history.
Holder's law firm has built a business out of defending terrorists.
They defended the Blind Sheikh, e.g., and represent almost all of the Gitmo detainees.
Regardless of political views, affiliations, yada yada yade.
Holder was in town - he should have walked.
Jeez, even Bill Clinton could go from a laugh to a tear at the sight of a camera.
Holder only went there to see how many Radical DOJ Lawyers would be needed to defend the terrorists
Too many whiteys.
Maybe he wasn’t welcome there and he knew it. Maybe that’s why obama didn’t go. They’re both chicken s#|t around their peers.
You might say, to know them (Obama and Holder) is to disrespect them.
Shaking my head. Our friends don’t respect us and our enemies don’t fear us. Not a healthy position for the U.S. to be in and one POS administration did this.
Another quote by the affirmative action Hitler, Obama.
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