The world asks: Where was the President of the United States?

"Where is Obama?" read the front page of the CNN site, the most observed communications network in the world.

Yesterday the largest political demonstration in the history of France was held, and was attended by 50 leaders from around the world who came to Paris to reunite with the victims of the massacre in "Charlie Hebdo" and the Jewish supermarket in Paris, with about 3 million people.

The one, who was conspicuously absent, was President Barack Hussein Obama, who sent the US Ambassador in France Jane Hartley, and not himself nor his foreign minister, John Kerry, who is known for his strong relations with the French government.

Vice President Joe Biden was also absent and Attorney General Eric Holder residing in France to attend the summit to fight terrorism, was also not walking with the crowds in the French capital.

Speaking to journalists this morning in India, Secretary of State John Kerry rejected the reviews and called them "sophistry". "Personally I really wanted to be in Paris, but I could not do it because of the commitment I have here (in India) and it is important to keep these kinds of commitments". About the criticism directed at the administration said, "I really think this is a kind of sophistry."

White House spokesman, John Ernest, commented on this for the first time this evening, and said that the White House erred in his decision not to send a senior representative for the solidarity rally in Paris.

"I think it's fair to say we had to send someone more senior than our ambassador," said Ernest adding that President Barack Obama would have been happy to participate, but is prevented by security considerations.

An editorial in the newspaper The New York Daily News, wrote that Obama: "Disappointed the world ". According to the article, the American president's absence from the rally is an "Unforgiving" act because it comes after a wave of attacks in France defined by the newspaper as one of the critical turning points in the war against radical Islam since the events of 9/11 ".

Even the Washington Post discussed the security arrangements but also asked: "Why were many leaders able to participate despite the need for security, while the American president not?"

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!