04-08-2013, 05:27 PM
$tevie-
To the US, she was our staunchest ally during the cold war, and was material in the eventual breakup of the Soviet Union. The US always remembers her that way. Hence the effusiveness.
Remember that national interest always defines how governments feel when people are eulogized. Obama's liberal-leaning political affiliation may cause you to believe he would wish her cast into Hell, but he is the President of the United States, Not the Democratic Party of the United States.
To the US, she was our staunchest ally during the cold war, and was material in the eventual breakup of the Soviet Union. The US always remembers her that way. Hence the effusiveness.
Remember that national interest always defines how governments feel when people are eulogized. Obama's liberal-leaning political affiliation may cause you to believe he would wish her cast into Hell, but he is the President of the United States, Not the Democratic Party of the United States.