Posted on 08/15/2015 12:31:21 PM PDT by Kaslin
LONDON, United Kingdom – Today HM The Queen attended a memorial service in central London to mark the 70th anniversary of victory over Japan in World War II. She was guest of honor despite the media having uncovered a plot to blow up the event and kill her.
Her attendance at St Martin-In-The-Field church was in sharp contrast to President Barack Obama who did not appear to be commemorating American efforts to defeat the Japanese. Instead he chose to release a list of his favorite songs on the music website Spotify. A move that is likely be seen as disrespectful by veterans.
The President's Twitter account was silent for most of today, and he was reported to have been in Martha's Vineyard yesterday. At the same time, British Police were tightening security at the commemoration in London because of the terror threat from the Islamic State.
The concerns surrounded an undercover investigation by reported on Townhall earlier this week. Journalists from Sky News held discussions with a series of Islamic State terrorists, one of whom claimed a woman from Glasgow was ready to blow up today's event.
The Queen attended the event despite the threat to her life. She was joined by Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. Two great-grandchildren of veterans lit candles, to remember the sacrifice of some and loss of others.
Although the vast majority of soldiers, sailors and airmen fighting the Japanese were American, liberals in the country are reticent to commemorate them. The use of nuclear weapons to end the war is often sighted as a reason for this. As a result, the country that risked less had by far the biggest event to remember the war.
Donal Blaney, CEO of the Young Briton's Foundation said: "The White House has largely ignored Victory over Japan Day because winning wars doesn't fit with Obama's narrative of appeasement.
"As a Brit I'm disgusted the Islamic State told us they'd kill our Queen. But I am proud that today she turned up anyway with thousands of my fellow countrymen to protect her.
"You’d think someone born within a few miles of Pearl Harbor would remember the horrors of the unprovoked Japanese attack on the United States in 1941 - and would want to commemorate America’s defeat of Japan 70 years ago this week.
“It’s as if Obama is embarrassed that America defeated totalitarian tyranny. Thank God WE have a Head of State that we can be proud of here in Britain.”
After the church service Prince Charles attended a second event on Horse Guards Parade, behind Downing Street. It featured a fly past by the Royal Airforce and was attended by representatives of the regiments that fought the Japanese.
It is estimated there were 71,000 British and Commonwealth casualties in the fight against Japan, this figure includes more than 12,000 prisoners of war who died in Japanese captivity. Many were starved and beaten as they were used as slave labor, building the infrastructure the Japanese needed to maintain their foothold in Asia.
Love those patriotic pictures of the young queen.
Did her sister, Margaret Rose, also serve her country?
What a pathetic excuse for a _resident we have in the WH.
American Queen Releases Favorite Songs List
Can't be said any better than that!
My dad was there for the march up the boot. Amazing time.
Margaret would have barely turned 15 when the war ended. They should have found something to keep her busy even with the big military draw down, as she seems to have started getting into man trouble within a couple years, if I recall the history correctly.
It is on British soil.
So what else is new?
The Queen Mother was her mother.
So what else is new?
Exactly, because he is disrespectful to veterans and our country.
Doesn’t matter where it is, we still have to have a strong enough president to ask for it back.
Preferably in person.
Whoever edited this should be fired.
While on Ottawa, Princess Julianna became pregnant. Under the laws of succession in the Netherlands, for this child to be in line for the throne, she could NOT have dual citizenship. The maternity ward of the Ottawa Civic Hospital was temporarily declared to be extraterritorial by the Canadian government, so Princess Margreit was born in technically 'international' territory. The Dutch flag flew on the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill to announce the birth of a new Dutch Princess.
Since the liberation of the Netherlands, every year the Dutch Royal family send thousands of tulip bulbs to Ottawa for the annual Canadian Tulip Festival, as a 'Thank You' for WWII. The Canadian Tulip Festival is billed as the largest tulip festival in the world. If you are ever in Ottawa, the largest displays are located along the Rideau Canal and Dow's Lake.
He’s apologized for them too I think.
How can you even mention Queen Elizabeth in the same sentence as this blob of infected pus swept up from the gutter? Like comparing a Westminster Best-in-Show with a flea ridden mutt. I’m not talking about royalty, I’m talking about plain old CLASS. She got it; he don’t. She is firmly supportive of her country; he can’t give American away to illegals and enemies fast enough. If this piece of excrement had been around in WWII, likely he would have been the local version of Tokyo Rose.
shouldn’t that be “my boys’ lollipop”?
I remember VJ Day in August, 1945. I was there for the huge parade in downtown Des Moines. Many lined the streets, and others drove in their cars, convertible tops down as we all celebrated. On that day we celebrated Harry Truman and the crew of Enola Gay, and the crew of Bockcar and their Little Boy and Fat Man bombs dropped respectively on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that resulted in the unconditional surrender of Japan.
I have a cousin, still living, who was involved in the production and shipment of uranium to the University of Chicago from the Ames Lab of the Atomic Energy Commission in Ames, Iowa at Iowa State College. a few years later I too worked at Ames Lab while a student at Iowa State.
“What a human piece of garbage Obemba is.”
Barry Sortelo is a half-breed piece of Islamic terrorist PONS usurping his residency in the White Mosque.
Though I am ancient of days, I plan to be around long enough to deficate and urinate on whatever kind of interment site he has.
O’Venal is CLASS without the ‘CL’.
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