Why didn’t Bush attend Thatcher’s funeral in England? Why didn’t Obama or Biden?
As a winner of the Cold War and liberator of British economy, the Iron Lady was more important than the leader of South Africa — a small country where apartheid is gone but things are otherwise horrible — with AIDS, high unemployment and crime.
Why didn’t GHWB attend the funeral of Lee Atwater in 1991?
I can understand why Obama and Biden didn't since the goal of this administration seems to be pissing off every European country who ever were friendly with us. The only reason I can think of why Bush didn't attend is that Obama didn't ask him to represent us and as a former president he felt he couldn't attend otherwise.