World Leaders Gather in Paris, Which is Why Obama Didn't

World leaders have gathered in Paris to join almost a million protesters who are standing up for freedom of expression after Muslim jihadists attacked and killed cartoonists at the satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo and an accomplice killed shoppers at a kosher supermarket. Of course, President Barack Hussein Obama was not with the other world leaders in attendance, but he did send Eric Holder in his place. Well, at least he didn't send a White House aide or janitor.

The leaders marched together, arms locked in unity, with Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, and Mahmoud Abbas of "Palestine" in front of the pack. That says a lot about the significance of the event when these two are on the same side of the protest, and Obama is too busy washing his Che tee-shirt to bother attending.

Lt. Col. Ralph Peters on Fox News said, "We have a president who is more comfortable bowing to the King of Saudi Arabia than he is saluting a U.S. Marine." 

Eric Holder told CNN that the United States does not stereotype people based on the color of their skin or religion. This may explain why we've had the 911 aircraft hijackers and Israel never had that situation.

But back to Paris.

It seems that Jews are leaving Paris due to the growth in anti-Semitism, according to Stephen Pollard, a very influential Jewish journalist. Pollard is the editor of the Jewish Chronicle and discussed this after the Muslim terrorist took 6 people hostage at the Kosher supermarket in the capital.

It has gotten so bad in Paris that the police ordered all shops in a well-known Jewish neighborhood to close and the mayor's office in Paris announced shop closures in the Marais neighborhood along Rosiers Street., less than a mile from the Charlie Hebdo offices.

Pollard believes the supermarket attack that's linked to the magazine staff slaughter will have more Jews fleeing the country, where many are moving to Israel and Great Britain. He has no doubt that targeting the Kosher supermarket was "no fluke." He said these recent events "put our anti-Semitism problems in perspective."

As this is being written, people are still protesting in Paris and in other cities throughout France. Signs reading "Je suis Charlie Hebdo" abound, but signs do nothing more than send a message. A pen is mightier than the sword in the long run, but in the short run you need a sword. It will be what happens next that determines the outcome in the world. We can hold vigils, light candles, pray, sing Kumbayah, but if that is all we do, the terrorists will win.

Of course, not all Muslims are dangerous jihadists. We always need to put in that disclaimer. The truth is, nobody ever says all Muslims are terrorists but I know that I better say that, rather than stand accused of being a racist over something that isn't even about race. As I've said before, if Islam is a race, then being black, white or Asian is a religion.

Je suis pissed off.


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