The funeral of Baroness Thatcher this
Wednesday will be the biggest event happening in the world this week. Across the globe, people will be
watching, and representatives from many countries will be present (in some
cases leaders themselves).
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| Barack Obama will not send any senior member of his Administration to the funeral of Lady Thatcher, citing the phoney issue of 'gun-control' as the reason |
Although nobody expected President Obama to
attend, it was widely thought, both in the US and the UK, that he would send a
senior member of his administration to represent him – perhaps the Vice
President Joe Biden, or even his wife Michelle.
However, it turns out they can’t make it,
as they are very busy this week taking guns away from law-abiding
citizens.
The US embassy said that ‘this is a hugely
significant week in terms of US domestic politics’. The spokesman went on to say 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.’
Instead, the Reagan-era secretaries of
state James Baker and George Schulz would represent the US.
Of course, this might be a lot more
appropriate. It is, after all,
better to have two people who actually appreciated Margaret Thatcher rather
than a far-left celebrity of a president who would probably much rather be with
the ill-mannered protesters dancing on her grave (if it were not for his
current predicament) than mourning her death.
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| Mrs. Thatcher was arguably President Ronald Reagan's closest ally |
Nevertheless, this is an embarrassing
moment for the United States of America.
It is somehow unbelievable that Obama could not find *one* senior member of his
administration to attend this *world
event*. It is a very careless
handling of diplomacy on the president’s part and should make other countries
wonder why he’s acted so carelessly.
He might hate the United Kingdom (he sent back the bust of Churchill the
British gave the United States following the 9/11 attacks, and he opted for
‘neutrality’ over the Falklands dispute), but he really needs to put his petty
‘anti-imperialism’ aside. One
cannot simply snub other countries, particularly countries that are members of
the G8. The President should send
someone to represent the Administration.
But no, and why? Because the Obama Administration is very busy this week
trying to grab guns off innocent citizens. I never knew that tearing up the Constitution was more
important than mourning the death of a fighter for liberty.






