What does the world think of our President? Well, take a gander at this article from Niles Gardiner in The Telegraph. He comments on Obama’s “gaffe” of speaking while standing in front of backdrop of Arafat.

Excerpt via The Telegraph:

It is simply astonishing that the leader of the free world would agree to speak against a backdrop of a murderous terrorist with American and Israeli blood on his hands. What kind of message does this send to America’s enemies when the president of the United States gives a press conference standing in front of a banner celebrating one of the most brutal terrorists in history? It projects a clear signal that Washington is weak in the face of terrorism, and it is an insult to the memory of those who died at the hands of Arafat’s terror network.

While the Obama White House prides itself on having an extremely slick campaign operation, its ineptness and insensitivity in government, not least on the world stage, can be staggering. President Obama, for example, could not even pronounce the name of Burmese freedom fighter Aung San Suu Kyi on his recent visit to Rangoon, referring to her several times as Aung YAN Suu Kyi. He also famously called the Falkland Islands “the Maldives”, and succeeded in offending the whole of Poland when he referred to a ”Polish death camp” in World War Two. As I’ve noted in previous pieces, President Obama’s first term was littered with embarrassing gaffes abroad, and it looks like his second term will be more of the same. This is in many respects an amateurish presidency, headed by a president who is frequently out of his depth on the world stage, and all too willing to appease America’s adversaries.


This is perhaps even a generous assessment of this particular episode.

When the President visited Georgetown in April 2009, he was speaking against a backdrop that included the symbol of the Catholic priest order, the Jesuits(Georgetown being a Jesuit-run school). The symbol, “IHS”, stands for Jesus.

Obama’s staff had it covered up so it would not be visible.

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