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| Protests Forces Michelle to Miss Photo Op |
| 2009-04-05 |
| Well, really tho, she and Carla had to cancel an appearance at a cancer center. Thousands of Molotov cocktail-wielding, anti-war protesters clashed with police and set fires along the Franco-German border yesterday, as President Obama gathered with European leaders to celebrate NATO's 60th anniversary. The wild protests -- in which black-masked anarchists set fire to a hotel in Strasbourg, France, and a border post along a bridge connecting the two countries -- forced First Lady Michelle Obama to cancel a visit to a cancer center. The strife came as NATO leaders pledged at the alliance's anniversary summit to send a measly 5,000 soldiers to Afghanistan stopping well-short of the 21,000 extra troops the United States is planning to send to the war-torn nation. Protesters battled police on the French side of a bridge linking the two countries just hours after Obama met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a symbolic gathering at the middle of another bridge nearby. "NATO doesn't stand for peace. NATO stands for war like in Afghanistan, where they're regularly killing civilians," Tobias Pflieger, a European Parliament member from Germany's Left Party, yelled to a crowd of protesters. "No to NATO! No to war!" the protesters chanted. No injuries were reported. Thousands more protesters staged anti-US and anti-NATO rallies in Turkey, where Obama was scheduled to arrive this evening in his first visit to a Muslim country as president. "Obama, don't come! We don't want you!" protesters shouted in the capital of Ankara. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #7 Could she get some clothes that fit her? |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2009-04-05 22:27 |
| #6 I'm only offended by the coverage of her "magnificent guns". Confirms that if certain media were to lose their job tomorrow, the valuable info loss would be nil, and the DNC might have to actually pay for their propaganda |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-04-05 21:36 |
| #5 I know I am. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2009-04-05 21:30 |
| #4 Well, at least we weren't exposed to more of her bare armed wardrobe. I'm sure the Moslems are offended by her lack of coverings. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-04-05 19:15 |
| #3 Silly Turks, Bambi had already given them what they wanted. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-04-05 17:51 |
| #2 "Obama, don't come! We don't want you!" protesters shouted in the capital of Ankara. Gee, who knew we have so much in common with the Turks? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-04-05 17:06 |
| #1 But...but...I thought the rest of the world was gonna love us now...oh, dear. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-04-05 14:19 |