Op-ed:
A final farewell to the 'Iron Lady' and Obama isn't there
By: Diane Sori
Sadly, but with honor and accolades, one of last great leaders was laid to rest...
Revered and reviled in death as in life, the 'Iron Lady, the woman who rescued Britain from her postwar economic decline, was honored yesterday day as the bells at St. Paul's Cathedral nobly rang in honor of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher...rang as a procession route lined with British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force personnel stood solemnly by paying their respects.
Revered and reviled in death as in life, the 'Iron Lady, the woman who rescued Britain from her postwar economic decline, was honored yesterday day as the bells at St. Paul's Cathedral nobly rang in honor of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher...rang as a procession route lined with British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force personnel stood solemnly by paying their respects.
Lady
Thatcher’s
funeral, a ‘ceremonial’ one with military honors (equal to the
ceremonies that marked the passing of the Queen Mother and
Princess Diana) was
NOT an official state occasion per se despite the military trappings. However, Queen
Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, who
by tradition do NOT attend the funerals of ‘commoners' NO matter how
celebrated that 'commoner' was, broke with that tradition and were among the more
than 2,000 mourners comprised of dignitaries
from 170 countries (including 11 serving prime ministers and 17 serving foreign ministers),
attended the Memorial Service and Mass for Lady Thatcher...but notably absent
was President Barack HUSSEIN Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden.
Think back and remember the pictures of Lady Thatcher
kneeling at her dear friend Ronald Reagan's casket, deep in
thought and remembrances, tears in her eyes as she gently touched his casket with
tenderness, honoring the man who she said she loved only second to her
husband. What class, elegance, dignity, and
honor she showed that day NOT only to our beloved Reagan, her closest Cold-War
ally, but to our America as well, and yet when it was our turn to honor her our
current President, First Lady, Vice-president or anyone from this
current administration were NOT in attendance to send the respects of the American people.
Think back and remember the pictures of Lady Thatcher
kneeling at her dear friend Ronald Reagan's casket, deep in
thought and remembrances, tears in her eyes as she gently touched his casket with
tenderness, honoring the man who she said she loved only second to her
husband. What class, elegance, dignity, and
honor she showed that day NOT only to our beloved Reagan, her closest Cold-War
ally, but to our America as well, and yet when it was our turn to honor her our
current President, First Lady, Vice-president or anyone from this
current administration were NOT in attendance to send the respects of the American people.
And why... because tomorrow Barack HUSSEIN Obama has
to be in Boston for his all important photo-op at the Memorial Service for the
Boston bombing victims. And as for the others, a US Embassy spokesman said that
both the First Lady and the Vice President were "the President’s point people
on gun control" adding: "This is a week when there is a lot of movement on
Capitol Hill on gun control issues."
So
damn what...they should have been there to honor the memory of this
great lady...a lady who never wavered in her support and love of
America. This was just another in a long line of disgraceful excuses
covering for a disgraceful man who heads
a disgraceful administration.
Lets make it clear, Obama was indeed invited...Obama
said NO...Obama willingly chose to send low-key
representation to the funeral instead of going himself...representatives led by George Shultz and James Baker,
who both served as US Secretary of State while Thatcher was in office. And while former House Speaker Newt Gingrich,
former Vice-President Dick Cheney, and former Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger attended to pay their respects, along with three Congressional Representatives (Marsha Blackburn, Michele Bachmann and George Holding), these notables are either from former administrations or are,
as in the the case of the Representatives, way down on the protocol list.
And what a slap
in the face to Britain, our closest ally, for Lady Thatcher was a staunch and dedicated ally of
the United States, of capitalism, and of the free market system we base our economy upon.
A proper
show of respect to the memory of Margaret Thatcher was of
utmost importance, but proper respect is NOT something you can expect
from a man who, as a gift from America to her Majesty, gave her a
Walkman with his favorite tunes on it.
Classless,
clueless, and operating within his own narcissistic orb of shunning and
disrespecting those country's and leaders who support America's ideals
instead of his brethren's ideals, this man and his wife are an embarrassment to America so maybe his NOT being at Margaret Thatchers funeral was actually a blessing in disguise.
5 comments:
Yeah, now what happened was this: A kind of rather large incident occurred on US soil right before the funeral. Kind of like a big incident? Now, the president, I presume, considered staying to attend and oversee this, like, kind of large incident? It's like over the news you know?
I guess that the president considered swanning off to the UK to attend a funeral might, just might have not been appropriate at such a time? You know, like after a rather ;large incident had just occurred on US soil?
My oh my.
Sorry but he could have one over on Air Force 1 and come back that night. NO excuse is acceptable for the snub of our staunchest ally.
So perhaps the most serious attack on US soil for over a decade (save Fort) and OB is supposed to leave the country to got to the UK almost asap afterwards? lol.
It's on the news 24/7 and OB swans off 1.2 days later 1000s of miles away?
Give us another laugh.
Don't sit an exam on post disaster policy whatever you do.
How the socialism or communist will attend the free world leader funeral?
The funeral of one of our great allies ought to have been attended by someone in this administration. Period. Another snub for Great Britain from our classless President....
Btw, "How it will look"didn't seem to be a problem the day after Benghazi when POTUS flew to Vegas to campaign. I'm sure the adoring press would cover for him, no matter what he does.
AZ
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