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During his campaign, President Obama made a big deal of criticizing leaders who are elected democratically but don’t govern democratically. He’s had a chance to show that it mattered in Honduras. He didn’t.
That’s the sorry story as Honduras’ now ex-president, Mel Zelaya, last Thursday defied a Supreme Court ruling and tried to hold a “survey” to rewrite the constitution for his permanent re-election. It’s the same blueprint for a rigged political system that’s made former democracies like Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Ecuador into shells of free countries.
Zelaya’s operatives did their dirt all the way through. First they got signatures to launch the “citizen’s power” survey through threats — warning those who didn’t sign that they’d be denied medical care and worse. Zelaya then had the ballots flown to Tegucigalpa on Venezuelan planes. After his move was declared illegal by the Supreme Court, he tried to do it anyway.
As a result of his brazen disregard for the law, Zelaya found himself escorted from office by the military Sunday morning, and into exile. Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Cuba’s Fidel Castro rushed to blame the U.S., calling it a “yanqui coup.”
President Obama on Monday called the action “not legal,” and claimed that Zelaya is still the legitimate president.
There was a coup all right, but it wasn’t committed by the U.S. or the Honduran court. It was committed by Zelaya himself. He brazenly defied the law, and Hondurans overwhelmingly supported his removal (a pro-Zelaya rally Monday drew a mere 200 acolytes).
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Updates:
2:55 pm EDT, June 30th, 2009 — BEWARE THE OBAMA ‘EVIL EYE’
2:58 pm EDT, June 30th, 2009 — New Honduran President Warns Former Leader of Arrest
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Lot’s of noise about Honduras — not so much about Iran.
Why is that?
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beentheredonethat Says:
“Lots of noise about Honduras – not so much about Iran.
Why is that?”
“Bullies are cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.”
Anna Julia Cooper
Posted on June 30th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Mac Says:
I like the collage over at Drudge… Good link, Jack!!
Posted on June 30th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Ken Says:
To make things worse, Our foreign affairs minister agrees with the Obamation…
Why does Cannon this think this dictator should be returned to Power ???
Who the hell is advising him? Obama ?
Posted on July 1st, 2009 at 3:34 pm