Berlin Wall- A Footnote the White House Forgot?

November 9 is the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Unfortunately, as has been widely reported, President Obama will skip the fall of the Berlin Wall ceremonies in Berlin, Germany. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend instead.

Some of the standard questions and comments brought up by others must now be asked here:

1. President Obama visited the Berlin Wall last year as a candidate- why not do it as President, for a truly momentous event in human history, as opposed to a simple national campaign?

2. He is going to Asia on November 11- seems like a snub to me to not go to Berlin if he is able to travel to Asia only two days later.

3. He took a trip to for the Olympics, but not for an important diplomatic function? Again, our president seems to be snubbing our important European allies.

This is yet another very embarrassing decision by the White House, and it is my hope President Obama will have a change of heart and attend the ceremonies, if for no other reasons than out of respect for the improvement of human rights the wall’s fall had on the world and to honor his predecessor- former President Ronald Reagan- for the great impact that man had on the wall’s fall.