In Defense Of Obama Not Going To Paris

Leo McNeil ^ | January 12, 2015 | Leo McNeil

[Stepan12]

In 2002, Chen Keinan's mother and one year old child were killed by a homicide bomber in Petah Tikvah, Israel. With the smug way both Europe and the drive by media deal with the terror against the Jews in Israel (and maybe everywhere else), Chen Keinan gave this warning:

>>>>>>>Chen: I'll tell you how I see the future: I think Israel is like the canary in the coal mine, and that's what the Europeans - and I am sorry, I know this goes to Europe, and I said different [more positive] things to America [on CNN-USA] - but we in Israel are dying now. We are slaughtered on a daily basis, but - you're next! You're next, buddies. I understand that you have a lot of Muslim minorities. That's OK, everybody should live where he wants - but you are appeasing terrorism! And you hope that if you tolerate it, and try to understand its motives, and you give it reasons, whatever they are, I ask the Europeans: Do not tolerate murder! I don't want to use the word terrorism, because it's banal. Do not tolerate murder, do not appease the terrorists! Not for oil, and not because you're scared - because the more fear you show, the faster it's going to be on your doorstep - and then, G-d help you, because you gave it legitimacy. And my baby's blood is just as precious as any French blood -- G-d help these hypocritical people..."

[Alberta's Child]

Right. Let's go over and "take a stand against terror."

Is that like taking a stand against poverty?

[Alberta's Child]

Maybe it was important for the image of the firm for those business leaders to attend events like that. It sure isn't important for the image of the U.S. to send leaders to political rallies overseas. The leadership of the United States of America does not answer to the people who organized that rally, nor does it answer to the people who hosted it. In fact, I don't give a flaming sh!t what any of those people think about the U.S. leadership.

Quite frankly, I am very surprised there aren't more conservatives here on FreeRepublic who feel the same way.

[Alberta's Child]

If this country couldn't even muster the will to hold a national "unity rally" in the aftermath of all those incidents in which AMERICAN CITIZENS were victims, then why the heck would anyone criticize a U.S. president when he doesn't attend a rally like this in a foreign country?

[Toespi]

In pure form, blame America. I can think of dozens of reasons to criticize Obama, ending with this most recent Paris debacle.