Obama -- just too busy

Rich Lowry skewers Obama regarding the Fall of the Berlin Wall commemoration ..

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/too_busy_for_liberty_48RthxBNnyB2Mq28wWNGDO

In his first year in office, Bar ack Obama has visited more foreign countries than any other president. He has touched ground in 16 countries, easily outpacing Bill Clinton (three) and George W. Bush (11). It's an itinerary befitting a "citizen of the world."

But there's one stop Obama won't make: He has begged off going to Berlin next week to attend ceremonies commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall. His schedule is reportedly too crowded.
John F. Kennedy famously told Berliners, "Ich bin ein Berliner." On the 20th anniversary of the last century's most stirring triumph of freedom, Obama is telling them, "Ich bin beschäftigt" -- i.e., "I'm busy."

JFK: Made the time to promote freedom.

It doesn't have quite the same ring, does it?

Obama's failure to go to Berlin is the most telling non-event of his presidency. It's hard to imagine any other American president eschewing the occasion. Only Obama -- with his dismissive view of the Cold War as a relic distorting our thinking and his attenuated commitment to America's exceptional role in the world -- would spurn German President Angela Merkel's invitation to attend. Read more:
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