Thursday, July 02, 2009

Meanwhile, on Honduras

The Obama administration's actions towards Honduras continues to defy logic. On the one hand, Obama states that he is for the rule of law. Yet Obama meddles in the worst possible way in Hondurans' attempt to protect their country from a Chavez-style tyranny. Read Fausta's Blog for a full round-up of what Honduras was facing from this deposed dictator-in-the-making.
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Honduras’s military acted under judicial orders in deposing President Manuel Zelaya, Supreme Court Justice Rosalinda Cruz said, rejecting the view of President Barack Obama and other leaders that he was toppled in a coup.

“The only thing the armed forces did was carry out an arrest order,” Cruz, 55, said in a telephone interview from the capital, Tegucigalpa. “There’s no doubt he was preparing his own coup by conspiring to shut down the congress and courts.”

Cruz said the court issued a sealed arrest order for Zelaya on June 26, charging him with treason and abuse of power, among other offenses. Zelaya had repeatedly breached the constitution by pushing ahead with a vote about rewriting the nation’s charter that the court ruled illegal, and which opponents contend would have paved the way for a prohibited second term.

She compared Zelaya’s tactics, including his dismissal of the armed forces chief for obeying a court order to impound ballots to be used in the vote, with those of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

“Some say it was not Zelaya but Chavez governing,” she said
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No 'meddling' in Iran, but screw over Honduras in a rush; that's that progressive Hopey!Changey! for you.

2 comments:

Windy Wilson said...

Well, to quote your next entry, WTF! The man's intelligent (he's received the certifications from various institutions of higher learning, and has been a law professor, for cryin'out loud). You'd think he'd understand the basic distinction between a coup and preventing a coup.
As my raving leftist neighbor said, "he's a quick learner". Why has the electorate agreed to pay to train him while on this job?

Anonymous said...

Anytime he hears or sees the word "coup" he thinks of pigeons. LOL!