Obama n'est pas Charlie (POLITICO)

Des propos très durs que POLITICO atténuent tout de suite en écrivant qu'il n'était pas Charlie au moins pour la marche d'hier qui regroupait 44 chefs d'état à Paris. Plusieurs sites et journaux américains s'interrogent sur l'absence de joueurs majeurs (Joe Biden ou John Kerry par exemple) de l'administration américaines lors de cette démonstration de solidarité. Aux yeux de plusieurs les seules questions de sécurité ne justifient pas l'attitude de l'administration américaine.

 "Miller said he could only see two explanations for not sending the president, vice president or even first lady Michelle Obama to Paris: either a deep terror threat, or if Obama were secretly planning a larger event with NATO allies—bigger than the visit that British Prime Minister David Cameron (who was in Paris Sunday) will be making to the White House at the end of the week. But there’s no sign of such an event being organized, and Miller said there’s no reason to believe one is coming.

 But Miller said he couldn’t see a reason to skip the rally even if there is a bigger leader event in the planning, and the idea of a security threat didn’t make sense either—after all, the security in the area met the standards of so many other leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, combined.

It’s unclear what role security concerns may have played in the decision not to have any senior American officials take part in the Paris march. As a general rule, the Secret Service doesn’t let either Obama or Biden be in the open air in areas that haven’t had a full security sweep, and the White House tends to be mindful of having security precautions create distractions around events."

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/obama-charlie-hebdo-events-no-show-114166.html?hp=t2_r