On Saturday I watched the televised ceremonies about D-Day from Normandy, France. Listened to the speeches by President Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Sarkozy.
One day later on this Sunday morning, listening to the usual round of interviews and talk shows, much to do about the absence of the word “terrorist” or any reference to terrorism in the speeches.
For me there was a glaring absence of the word Freedom. The Canadian Prime Minister, Harper, did say, “…We need to teach freedom.” Obama used the word “free” once when he said, “Americans, British, Canadians knew what it meant to be Free.”
