I've been hearing a lot of complaints because president Obama didn't attend unity march in Paris like other world leaders. I disagree. The president of the United States is not like other heads of state. It would've have been a security nightmare and a terrorists dream come true if he matched down the streets of Paris. President Obama shows his unity with France by leading the war against Islamic jihadist in Syria and Iraq.

Yes, he should have gone, but that would go against his agenda. He used the Secret Service and security as a scape goat. Both Dan Bongino who was in charge of the President's Security Detail for both Obama and President Bush and Brad Blankman who was in charge of President Bush's detail have both said that is crap. Also Holder was in France that day but chose to skip that rally. Just more from our Coward in Chief. I cant wait until we have someone with class in the White House again.

WASHINGTON �� While the White House points to security concerns as the chief reason why President Obama skipped the anti-terrorism rally in Paris over the weekend, some suggest the Secret Service and his advance team could have made it happen -- if they really tried.

Instead, critics say the security explanation is being used as an “excuse.” Brad Blakeman, who served on the advance team for George W. Bush’s campaign, said the Secret Service is the “scapegoat” here.

��The president can go wherever he wants to go,�� Blakeman said.

A Secret Service official told Fox News that they were not asked or notified about a possible trip to Paris. This coincides with reports that White House aides were caught off guard by the size of the march and didn’t ask the president if he wanted to attend.

So could Obama have dispatched a high-level surrogate? Even the White House acknowledges that should have happened. (Attorney General Eric Holder was in town, but for reasons that aren’t quite clear he returned to Washington instead of attending the rally.)

“There was no more important event than this and if they put their minds to it, the Secret Service and our military could have secured the area, Blakeman, a top adviser to Bush, told FoxNews.com. ��The fact is, we let a friend down and used security as a convenient excuse.

Blakeman called it ��absolute nonsense�� that the White House cited security as a reason for Sunday'��s no-show.

On Monday, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest made the rare concession that we should have sent someone with a higher profile to be there.

Blakeman said an advance team could have been scrambled “at a moment'��s notice.

We wouldn'��t have to announce we were going ahead of time,�� he said. ��We'��d have planes at our disposal, armored vehicles on the ground. We don’t have to book a flight commercially.

Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent who ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for Congress last year, said the security explanation is ��crap.�� He noted that Obama has arranged to travel to large, international gatherings before.

“The Mandela funeral, it was a security disaster but they were able to handle it,�� he said, referring to the service for former South African leader Nelson Mandela in 2013.

Secretary Of State Kerry should have been there!
He is the direct Representative of the President in International Relations!
Someone goofed badly!

Team work!!

Obama didn't tend to risk it after the incident in paris recently....it would have been an easy target imo

THIS !!! ^^^...And that "somebody" has admitted as much...He continues to disappoint...and embarrass...Come on 2016!!!...

You tell em Leigh!

Hehe...That felt good Alle!

Actually the President of Israel is a MUCH bigger target and he was there.

He is, but the President should have been there since the President's of many nations were in attendance and France was there for us during and after 9/11.

I think it was foolish to put any of the Heads of States out there. Its a big security risk and getting yourself killed just to prove a point is not the smartest move. JMO

He probably wasn't invited.... not that he wasn't informed by his staff or simply decided not to go

By the time he "heard about it on the news" it was already over

Cowering to terrorists barbarism is even less smart in my opinion...

You bet he should have been there.
Whether the USA likes it or not, a lot of Countries look to them for guidance and for me it was almost like Obama wasn't interested.
Let's face it, he is the leader of the biggest super power in the world and if anyone should have been there putting two fingers up to these animals then he should have been.

By the way, this is not a rant at the USA, just Obama himself, shame on you.

kerry did send hugs to the Parisians... why is guy still working?

He's blowing the bosses horn?....

liberals do seem to like that...

Hee Haw....

Not in the Bill and Monica way I hope, thats gross LMAO