Posted on 05/29/2012 5:53:29 PM PDT by kristinn
Poles and Polish-Americans expressed outraged Tuesday at President Obamas reference earlier that day to a Polish death camp as opposed to a Nazi death camp in German-occupied Poland.
The White House will apologize for this outrageous error, Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski tweeted. Sikorski said that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will make a statement in the morning. Its a pity that this important ceremony was upstaged by ignorance and incompetence.
The president had been trying to honor a famous Pole, awarding a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jan Karski, a resistance fighter who sneaked behind enemy lines to bear witness at the atrocities being committed against Jews. President Obama referred to him being smuggled into the Warsaw ghetto and a Polish death camp to see for himself.
A Polish death camp Sikorski also tonight tweeted a link to an Economist story noting that few things annoy Poles more than being blamed for the crimes committed by the Nazi occupiers of their homeland.
SNIP
It seems likely that a more formal apology will need to be issued. Alex Storozynski, the President of the Kosciuszko Foundation, lauded the president earlier in the day for recognizing Karski, but now says Karski would have cringed if he heard this
(SNIP)...President Obamas remarks are already being called scandalous by media outlets in Poland. Obama was seen reading this phrase off a teleprompter. The President must acknowledge his mistake and apologize for it. He must do it for Karski and the other Poles that risked their lives trying to stop the Holocaust.
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No, it was those Joos. They wrote the stuxnet2 virus to target teleprompters and make slight but humorous changes to the message.
Barack Obama has insulted 38 million Poles with his crass and ignorant 'Polish death camp' remark
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Some how Barry will be made to be the victim in this.
Obama should just stick to blaming Republicans for everything. It’s all he really knows how to do.
His total incompetence is amazing to witness. Too bad it’s so costly to our country and our freedom.
But;
They did teach WW2, but it was all Tuskegee Airmen, Red Ball Express, and the guy on the battleship that manned a gun at Pearl Harbor.
Is equally a disservice.
Lots of old guys who flew bombers, lots of old guys who needed fuel, .30, and K-Rats would argue in favor of the first two and the third example represents every swabbie who tried, or actually managed, to man his battle station early on a peace time Sunday morning.
Not good to sell any of that short.
Amen brother. I think a shorter version would be to paraphrase Ben Franklin (I hope I’m right) Close enough “ When the citizens learn that they can vote themselves money, that is the end of the republic”.
Reminds me of a joke :
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Barack Obama, Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso have all died. Due to a glitch in the celestial time-space continuum, all three arrive at the Pearly Gates more or less simultaneously, even though their deaths have taken place decades apart.
The first to present himself to Saint Peter is Einstein. Saint Peter questions him.
"You look like Einstein, but you have no idea the lengths certain people will go to, to sneak into Heaven under false pretenses. Can you prove who you really are?"
Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, "Could I have a blackboard and some chalk?" Saint Peter complies with a snap of his fingers. The blackboard and chalk instantly appear.
Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and symbols his special theory of relativity. Saint Peter is suitably impressed. "You really are Einstein! Welcome to heaven!"
The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again Saint Peter asks for his credentials. Picasso doesn't hesitate. "Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?" Saint Peter says, "Go ahead."
Picasso erases Einstein's scribbles and proceeds to sketch out a truly stunning mural. Bulls, satyrs, nude women: he captures their essences with but a few strokes of the chalk. Saint Peter claps.
"Surely you are the great artist you claim to be! Come on in!"
The last to arrive is Obama. Saint Peter scratches his head. "Einstein and Picasso both managed to prove their identity. How can you prove yours?"
Obama looks bewildered, "Who are Einstein and Picasso?"
Saint Peter sighs, "Come on in, Barack."
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( Of course I would have changed that last line and sent him straight to Hell )
A rabidly vicious fool..
>>Not good to sell any of that short.
I didn’t sell any of that short as you wrongly imply. But, to the afro-centrist history teacher, that is the only relevant history in WW2. I am selling those “educators” short, just as they cheat their students out of the well-rounded education the students paid for.
That said, back to the original story. It is appalling that Obama does not know even the basic storyline of the Holocaust. Much history is no longer taught, but the Holocaust is. How could he not know who operated the camps?
This just reinforces why so many of us want to see Barry's transcripts. I strongly suspect he was a poor student who studied irrelevant nonsense. I also suspect he pretended to be a foreign student to gain admission to prestigious schools. The only way his publisher would have thought he was born in Kenya is if Barry himself told them that.
And this is the man who the media tells us is the smartest man alive. He is a fraud. I truly think he just does not know or understand or care...He just shoots crap out of his mouth.
You are correct. He has spent his whole life in front of a mirror perfecting his Bu(($hitting routine.
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