“Obama honors D-Day Heroes on 65th anniversary of invasion,” says a headline today in the LA Times.
Sorry, guys, but if anything, it’s the other way round. Simply by being there for the speeches, the D-Day heroes were honoring anyone who spoke on that stage today — among them, Obama. As President of the United States, he enjoys that position of honor by virtue of his office. Whether he will now earn that honor by protecting and defending the free country those veterans fought for … that’s still a big question.
Here’s my take on his recent trip to Cairo, written just before he delivered his speech, but same difference, same worries. Where Ronald Reagan stood up to the Soviets and said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,” seems like the Obama approach would be, “”Let’s talk about this wall.” Or, as one reader wrote in, “Gee, you built a NICE WALL there.”
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1. The Anchoress — A First Things Blog:[...] good cartoon. I thought Sarkozy gave the better, more meaningful speech, while Obama was simply continuing his perpetual campaign. Read Brits at their Best as they recall some WWII heroism. And this excerpt of a great speech no [...]
Jun 8, 2009 - 11:36 am 2. Brian:Heres a local columnist(fifth columnist?LOL!)view on D-Day.
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/eric_margolis/2009/06/07/9703136-sun.html
As you read the article you would think the Allies were “evil” in this mans eyes.His communist leanings are quite obvious.
Heres his view about Hamas
Jun 8, 2009 - 3:38 pm 3. Steynian 362 « Free Canuckistan!:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbVZgrUUSnA&feature=player_embedded
No wonder the world is in the mess that it is in.With folks like these graduating from universities,who needs enemies?
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