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Obama Poses for ‘Selfie’ at Mandela’s Memorial: Selfish Morons

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President Obama managed to put himself back in the firing line after posing for a rather inappropriate ‘selfie' with Prime Minister David Cameron and the Danish leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt at a memorial held for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg earlier today.

Michelle Obama was captured on camera looking less than amused by her husband's playful pursuits as he snapped away on his mobile phone during the sombre service.

And she wasn't the only person who was less than impressed. The photograph quickly went viral on the internet, sparking widespread outrage on social media.
"What selfish morons take a 'selfie' at a memorial service? Oh yeah that's right, Barack Obama and David Cameron," one Twitter user wrote.
"You have precisely zero class or decorum," another message, directed at David Cameron, read.

Earlier on, the President labelled the former South African leader a "giant of history" in a moving tribute, which was strangely delivered to a sparsely populated stadium that was only a third full.

The crowd - a mix of thousands of singing supporters and 90 world dignitaries - emitted a roar as Obama took his seat, in marked contrast to the boos that greeted scandal-plagued South African President Jacob Zuma.
In his speech, Obama compared Mandela to Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr and Abraham Lincoln, declaring that the legacy of the leader who defeated apartheid must not be wasted.

He chided leaders who were quick to claim solidarity with Mandela's struggle with oppression and injustice, but did not allow freedom in their own countries.

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The world mourns Mandela...

As the world mourns Mandela,as they praise his resistance and efforts in South Africa, at the same time, the world supports terrorism - Israel. When a Hezbollah fighter is martyred, the world closes their eyes, sometimes, encouraging the evil people to fight and destroy Hezbollah. There will be a day when the world will cry for the martyrs of Hezbollah. Peace be upon Mandela and his family.

12 years ago