Volcanic Ash Forces Obama to Cancel Poland Trip

Good I am sure the Polish Nation does not care for his presence anyways .

You’re wrong. The Polish Nation cares about his presence AND presidency. And doesn’t care about people like you.

So sorry America but your President isn too brave a man.

Do not put yourself in danger, Mr. President. We need you to stay home and continue in the good work that you are doing for the country.

Why yall talkin are u even going to the funersl and he does have a lot at stake. Just like all these other people whose flight were canceled because of the smoke. And just because he’s not your favorite person doesn;t mean he’s going to be dumb enough to risk his life for already dead presidents whom he did show concern for and if you think that is being weak why aren’t you on a plane somewhere just to show others how “brave” you are so stop criticizing Obama for doing what he feels is right. He is not any of u haters. Now GOD be with you and your cruel hearted minds!

If this had happened a few days before you would have had world leaders stuck all over the place going to the nuclear summit.
It would have been an amazing logistical occurance all these world leaders having to navigate with the no fly zone.

I’m pleased the President has made this decision.
To those of you insinuating he is a coward, please do try to remember that the POTUS is not the only person onboard Air Force One. Even if you hate the President and all his administration, try to think about the pilots and other staff that would also be in danger.
This country does not need to add the turmoil of a dead president to all of our other problems.

To those saying Obama isn’t very brave, excuse me? How about YOU try and get a flight to Europe at this point. No? I didn’t think so.
It’s unfortunate that the volcanic eruption is preventing people (not just Obama!) from attending this funeral. I’d far rather people be safe on the ground than taking stupid chances in the air and having their planes come down because the engines shut down due to volcanic ash.
Just plain old common sense. I guess not too many people seem to have it – judging from some of these postings. Grow up.

Bigger story is Merkel can’t attend because she can’t get back because she was attending Obama’s summit in DC.
Germany is a neighborning country for poland.
Merkel flew from san francisco to lisbon then lisbon to northern italy and now trying to get back to germany and can’t make the funeral.
I’m just ticked that the nuclear summit wasn’t this week it would have been amazing logistical issues to see what airports the world leaders would have used with ireland’s airport shut down where they normally refuel.
Some of them could have used portugal, some could have used morocco but they don’t have the same refueling capacity. And to go around the ash it would have taken more fuel.
The indian president had to fly back through south africa from the summit instead of the normal route.

Sorry Poland. I wish he were able to make it along with the other world leaders who aren’t able to make it. I’m sure Pres. Obama wanted to be there with you all.
I can understand that you didn’t want to delay the funeral so the nation could move on, but it may have made it easier for leaders to attend once the ash cleared a bit.
Regardless, the noble deceased will be in everyone’s thoughts and prayers.

Even if he was to attempt to attend, the Secret Service would halt it as a threat to national security. Whether it be Obama, Bush, Clinton the Secret Service would be neglectful in its responsibilty to protect the President at all costs.

Ever think he though it would clear by the time he had to fly over like it did in Alaska when they had their eruption.No way of knowing it would still be erupting.There is a very big difference between being brave and being stupid and president Obama knows the difference, apparently some of you don’t.

Thats O. K. I’m goin

The ignorance in some of these comments is astonishing.
This is the situation in Europe:
The airspace over Northern Europe is completely shut down.
Rescue helicopters only respond to absolute emergencies, and even then only after an immediate assesment of the air situation.
The airborne part of the “Brilliant Mariner” NATO excercise in the Baltic Sea has been suspended.
All foreign guests who cannot get to Poland by car have cancelled, among others the Queen of Denmark (my country) and the chansellor of Poland’s own neighbour, Germany.
If you blame your president for not going you are either gravely misinformed or you actually want him to die in a plane crash, just like the president who’s funeral he was going to attend.

I suppose no one should be surprised at the ridiculous commentary regarding the President’s bravery. There seems to be a lack of common sense on the part of some of our citizens. Where do they keep their heads?
For God’s sake, the man has been courageous enough to run for and achieve the highest political office in the land in spite of the danger his presence in the oval office brings to his life every day that he is there. What is wrong with you people?
Have you ever traveled on a transcontinental flight? Do you know what danger there is in flying into Volcanic ash? What the hell is wrong with you people? You are poor examples of American intelligence or the lack thereof. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

Why are so many republicans idiots now? It’s so ignorant to get on here and claim the President isn’t brave. You guys are just nuts lately.

I think Obama should go.

uh malcat,
where were you when people sent death threats to Bush? where were you when liberals went to so far as to exclaim their death wish for him by sending him shipments of pretzels – after finding out that he had choked on one.
Once again the glaring hypocrisy of the left revealed.

“PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. citizens have turned on French fries and toast to
vent their frustration at France’s anti-war stance on Iraq (news – web
sites). Now the French have joined in the food war — with pretzels.
A French Web Site is urging people to send pretzels to U.S. President, who
fainted and fell off a sofa in January 2002 after gagging on the salty
snack.”

Yikes! If it weren’t for Poland’s president dieing( sad ) I would have forgotten all about that country.

Geez! If I were the people of Poland, I wouold tell him to “Go spit and stay home!” He stabbled the Polish people in the back by reneging on the argeement they had with President Bush in the installation of a missle defense system that was to be deployed. The Russians didn’t like it so the whimp Obama reneged. We have a real socialist whimp in the White House.

We have a real socialist whimp in the White House.
Posted by: Michael | Apr 17, 2010 11:18:39 PM
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The kneejerk reaction of the Republican right – Democrats are evil socialists. Worse yet, they’re ‘wimps’.
The Republican right think only they have the divine right to rule America.

This volcano just saved US taxpayers some money.

i dont think people should critise the presedent for not going there are other country that did not go because no flights to anywhere who think that the presedent to why dont you go to poland yourself meke sure you got your own plane then land it in the field or road

Huh,I don’t think this volcano is saving ANYBODY any money.If this goes on we are going to see a financial hit the likes of which we have not seen since 9/11.European travel is paralyzed-the European markets are going to crash this week if this continues.What “recovery” we may be in could very well come to an end.

Y2K, AGW, Volcanic Ash: All overstated. Man Up Mr. Obama, take a chance…

Well said, My Illinois, but don’t expect your ex Rep from Chicago to care about appearances like playing more golf in 1 year then Bush did in 8, or doing so during a Country Leader’s Funeral to matter to him, or to places like ABCNEWS, which did’nt even MENTION what he decided to do during the funeral!! The President’s behavior (as it often does!!) reminds me of a joke: A man and a friend are playing golf one day at their local golf course. One of the guys is about to chip onto the green when he sees a long funeral procession on the road next to the course. He stops in mid-swing, takes off his golf cap, closes his eyes, and bows down in prayer.
His friend says: “Wow, that is the most thoughtful and touching thing I have ever seen. You truly are a kind man.”
The man then replies: “Yeah, well we were married 35 years.”

I agree with you Mr_Illinois, any concern Obama had shown would have been better than a game of golf! We in America have a polished hick in office, and he goes about gleefully making the U.S. look ridiculous on the world wide stage. Do any journalists know if flowers were sent to the funeral? Hey, Mr. Tapper, there’s some news you can investigate…

Kaczynski posthumously drove a nail into the coffin of the EU
by Dusan Streit
The empire dealt itself a blow. Now Poland knows that it is just a province. President Kaczynski sent his most important message from the grave. He put a stamp on his eurosceptic views. He made the Poles open their eyes to see what the position of this 40 million member of the European Union really is.
Of all the EU leaders only Jerzy Buzek took part at the funeral; a funeral that was not only a commemoration ceremony of the President, but also a national tragedy for all Poles. Jerzy Buzek, the Polish President of the European Parliament, could organize his trip, however he remained alone. When we add that the leaders, especially the leaders of those states that are the engine of European integration – notably Germany and France – were absent, we can see a clear and offensive message.
All Kaczynski’s doubts regarding the Lisbon Treaty could not have a stronger effect than this gesture. The alibi, the Icelandic volcano issued to the European leaders, is insufficient. If any of the main protagonists of the modern European empire died, the others would go to the funeral even riding a horseback, as it used to be in the past. Now, all these leaders have convenient, fast, and safe limousines with right-of-way blue lights on the tops, but they decided to make it clear who is the master – and who is the vassal.