Honduras to OAS: Pound sand
posted at 9:28 am on July 1, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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Honduras turned defiant today, reacting to an ultimatum from the Organization of American States to reinstate deposed president Manuel Zelaya. Roberto Micheletti, appointed acting president by the Honduran legislature, responded by telling the OAS that Zelaya would be arrested immediately upon entering Honduras. The only way in which Zelaya would return to the presidency, Micheletti promised, would be at the head of a foreign army:
Honduras’ interim leader warned that the only way his predecessor will return to office is through a foreign invasion, setting up a dramatic showdown with the ousted president who is preparing to come home accompanied by world leaders.
A defiant Roberto Micheletti said in an interview with The Associated Press late Tuesday that “no one can make me resign,” defying the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the Obama administration and other leaders that have condemned the military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
Micheletti vowed Zelaya would be arrested if he followed through with plans to return to Honduras on Thursday, even though the presidents of Argentina and Ecuador have signed on to accompany him along with the heads of the Organization of American States and the U.N. General Assembly.
Zelaya himself, though, gave some indication that he recognized his own lawbreaking, undermining the effort by the OAS:
Zelaya, who is an ally of leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, backed down from the referendum Tuesday, saying at the United Nations that he would no longer push for the constitutional changes he wanted.
One of several clauses that cannot be legally altered in the Honduran constitution limits presidents to a single, 4-year term, and Congress claims Zelaya, whose term ends in January, modified the ballot question at the last minute to help him eventually try to seek re-election. Chavez has used referendums in Venezuela to win the right to run repeatedly.
“I’m not going to hold a constitutional assembly,” Zelaya said. “And if I’m offered the chance to stay in power, I won’t. I’m going to serve my four years.”
Maybe the OAS, and especially the Obama administration, should take a look at that statement and consider it awhile. Honduras had legitimate reason to remove Zelaya from office, even if arguably they used illegitimate means to do so. Zelaya repeatedly violated the constitution of Honduras, first by attempting to hold the referendum, and second by illegally firing the chief of the Army, who reports to both the president and the legislature in Honduras.
The idea of marching Zelaya back into Honduras flanked by the heads of state of two other nations is practically begging for war. The Honduran military will have no choice but to arrest Zelaya, which will give Argentina and Ecuador an excuse to send its military if the trio have guns drawn on them at the airport. And for what? In the service of an executive who abused power and flouted the law in an attempt to make himself Presidente-for-Life?
Barack Obama has enabled this nuttiness with his meddling on behalf of a Chavez wannabe. His State Department had better make it known that any attempt to fly Zelaya back into Honduras would be met with our displeasure, and that the issue rightly belongs with the Honduran legislature and courts. Otherwise, we’ll have a war breaking out in Latin America that we can ill afford at the moment.
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Could they let the commie puppet back in then formerly impeach him?
Mr Snuggle Bunny on July 1, 2009 at 9:30 AM
*formally…sorry
Mr Snuggle Bunny on July 1, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Viva Honduras.
Daggett on July 1, 2009 at 9:32 AM
Anybody want to start an “I’m sorry for my stupid President” website for Honduras?
How else can we get foreign policy changed?
Skywise on July 1, 2009 at 9:32 AM
Obama should be mocked mercilessly for his kneejerk reaction to the removal of this Chavez wannabe. And if we had a press in this country he would be.
Bill C on July 1, 2009 at 9:32 AM
I know I didn’t graduate from an Ivy League school or anything, and I didn’t spend years as a community
agitatororganizer, but this “smart power” thing of Obama seems rather dumb to me.What the hell is the UN going to do anyway? They seem to be only able to send “strongly worded letters” out in response to, uh, NUCLEAR WEAPON detonations.
The thing to worry about here though is that Chavez may well invade Honduras. And thanks to the stupidity of the petulant, communist thug loving Obama, this invasion has the veneer of UN blessing!
Years of Chavez can’t have left their military in very good shape, but Honduras unfortunately is a “tiny country”.
wildcat84 on July 1, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Hmm… violating the constitution, illegal firings… where have I seen that recently?
Monica on July 1, 2009 at 9:36 AM
THat site will bequite busy,.
Jeff from WI on July 1, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Good for Honduras
rbj on July 1, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Perhaps Obama can give Zelaya, being of like mind a job as a czar of something……..maybe the czar of community organizing.
lilium on July 1, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Looks like Honduras is taking the lead in ousting dictators. We just need to take notes and wait.
Wine_N_Dine on July 1, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Obama isn’t stupid. He’s evil.
wildcat84 on July 1, 2009 at 9:39 AM
That’s actually a terrific idea. I hope someone does it.
Daggett on July 1, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Call and raise. Arrest Zelaya, and take the heads of state accompanying him prisoners, held as hostages against their countries invading Honduras.
LarryD on July 1, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Am looking forward to Bob Woodward’s next book “Obama’s War”.
myrenovations on July 1, 2009 at 9:40 AM
I agree 100%, but the idea for a website that apologizes for Obama is brilliant. Kinda offsets his apology tours for us.
Daggett on July 1, 2009 at 9:40 AM
They said if he comes back, he gets arrested for drug trafficking. And our very own DEA may have evidence to back up their claim.
Wethal on July 1, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Which stupid president, ours or theirs?
GrayDog on July 1, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Use their mighty weight to get to the bottom of things.
Bhutto was killed in Dec 07. Today, eighteen months later the UN announces an investigation. They said the investigation will take six months and then the investigators will be given six months to write their report. We’ll all get the skinny on Bhutto, thanks to the UN, on New Years Day 2011.
Thank goodness our own congress works in munch the same way. If not we would all be whitewashing government fences.
Limerick on July 1, 2009 at 9:42 AM
What is the citizen reaction? Has Chevez been able to do the rent-a-mob thing?
Cindy Munford on July 1, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Lots of Americans buying chichi beach houses in Honduras and, anymore, I’m not sure you can count on the cavalry to save you.
tree hugging sister on July 1, 2009 at 9:43 AM
He’s evil, but also inexperienced. Like a Bad Seed child armed with real weapons.
Wethal on July 1, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Only one thing left to do – Send Hillary down there to ‘wow’ them into submission with her massive arsenal of dopey slogans and cliches.
whitetop on July 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM
Does our fascist President ever meet a dictator he isn’t all gooey over?
I mean, ever…?
Doesn’t his predilection for totalitarian regimes…and disdain for democratic ones…kind of give you the creeps?
It SURE does me.
Ragspierre on July 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM
You just simply never allow that plane to enter your airspace. Force it to return to where it came from.
Honduras is a sovereign nation, Chavez nor any other foreign thug has any right to fly a plane into their airspace.
And, seriously, I doubt Chavez has the balls to do such a thing, putting himself personally at risk, and neither does that harlot in Argentina (who just got wiped out in an election). Which is a lesson, when elections are allowed, the people always vote AGAINST failed leftist economic policy… Which is why thugs like Chavez, Fernandez, this wannabe from Honduras, and ultimately… Obama with his ACORN brownshirts don’t like elections.
wildcat84 on July 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM
Write a strongly worded letter.
Then again, since this is the correct course, they may actually pull out all the stops and do an invasion with UN troops. They seem to like doing the opposite of right.
Enoxo on July 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM
Have to be honest, for me Honduras has always been one of those countries I would use in a joke, something along the lines of them having as much military strength as the Swiss Navy or whatever.
No longer. Those people are showing they have more seeds than half of the rest of the world combined, and are doing what so many other stronger nations won’t: Standing up for themselves and the rule of their democratic law in the face of thuggery and intimidation. Good for you, Honduras, stand tall and be proud of yourselves.
Bishop on July 1, 2009 at 9:45 AM
You expect Obama to allow the release of that evidence if it existed? So young. So naive.
Mr Snuggle Bunny on July 1, 2009 at 9:45 AM
You forgot raping, pillaging, and $$$’s for oil. I think this needs to be noted in every blog posted about the UN. They are as corrupt as the Obama/Pelosi/Chavez/Castro regimes.
conservative educator on July 1, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Well if things go to hell here I know what country holds firm to their Constitution.
Anybody know what property goes for there?
katy on July 1, 2009 at 9:47 AM
La RazAOCRN agents are being dispatched as we speak.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 1, 2009 at 9:48 AM
As for worrying about Chavez sending an invasion force: Don’t.
If you research what happened when Hugo Fat Boy tried to intimidate Colombia, you will find that he sent about ten tanks toward the border, but the transports got stuck in mud and had to be towed out. The tanks themselves are old M-48’s, a vehicle that I’m betting I could take out with a certain firearm in my own collection.
Hugo is all bluster and I’m thinking Colombia would come to the aid of Honduras.
Bishop on July 1, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Legislatures are the primary defenders of a people’s liberty.
And the chief executive is the primary threat to their liberty.
Apparently nobody in America is taught that in school anymore.
Sackett on July 1, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Doh!
La RazACORN agents……(sorry for the typographical diarrhea)
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 1, 2009 at 9:48 AM
I am sure Obama is on the phone with Bill Ayers at this moment to seek advice on how a good marxist would handle this situation.
Baxter Greene on July 1, 2009 at 9:49 AM
I am sure Andrew Sullivan can find some reason why this too place. Hmmmm, who should be held responsible? Give me a second, it will come to me.
Mr. Joe on July 1, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Leftists do seem to be incompetent with managing a military.
Of course, Chavez CANT really afford for his military to have any real capability, because that then means real power. And support for him is eroding everywhere, especially in the military.
wildcat84 on July 1, 2009 at 9:52 AM
If the Honduran Supreme Court and Army were Iran’s Supreme Council and Basij, America wouldn’t meddle in their internal affairs.
And if former Honduran President Zelaya was a young Iranian woman named Neda, President Obama would be going out for ice cream.
Loxodonta on July 1, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Government is the greatest threat to liberty, whatever branch.
The Constitution is the guarantor of our liberty.
The 1st Amendment is the first line of defense of our liberty. The 2nd Amendment is the last line of defense.
wildcat84 on July 1, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Hmmm, how’s he gonna do that?
“As I’ve said before…”???
Don’t see how he can get this right without admitting he initially got it wrong. And I think he’s incapable of that. It would erode his sense of omniscience or something.
ProfessorMiao on July 1, 2009 at 9:56 AM
You’re doing a helluva job, Barry.
Great foreign policy geniuses we’re dealing with here – unprecedented, historic, sweeping, soaring, comprehensive, eloquent (insert drooling MSM-generated fanboy-speak here) diplomacy we’ve seen from this Administration over the last month or so.
Hey – how’s Joe Biden’s “break Iraq into three countries” partition plan working out these days?
Foreign policy GRAVITAS, we were told.
What we’re seeing is schizophrenic, poll-driven, leftwing ideologues try to “send the correct messages” rather than defending the interest of the US and its allies.
And it looks like what it is – a clusterfark of inept, half-hearted, foot-in-mouth diplo-speak-laden nonsense that is causing our allies to become irritated and our enemies to become emboldened.
Good Lt on July 1, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Great points all around. Thugs always have to worry about being out-thugged. Compare that to the Honduran military which immediately ceded control back to their legislature; amazing show of ethical behavior from a region sorely lacking in such traits.
Bishop on July 1, 2009 at 9:56 AM
They used their legitimate process. Their law enforcement is corrupt so the parliament and their supreme court gave orders to the military to carry out the removal, which the military performed exactly as instructed.
The Honduran parliament then elected a temporary president, according to their law.
There is nothing to argue with there whatsoever.
dogsoldier on July 1, 2009 at 9:58 AM
AP,
But a war Obama would likely support, yes?
shick on July 1, 2009 at 9:58 AM
As it does to anyone with the slightest bit of common sense.
I don’t see how anyone can defend the Obama Admininstration’s flailing incompetence on this issue.
The truth is, Obama ain’t all that smart. And if he’s not all that bright, what does he have to fall back on? His vast treasure trove of experience? That last difficult job he had?
Truth is, Obama has a very limited skill set and the performance of his “administration” thus far is proof.
NoDonkey on July 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM
You keep using those words. I do not think they mean what you think they mean.
Physics Geek on July 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Given how yesterday massive vote fraud allowed the democrat party to steal a senate supermajority, I daresay that Honduras is a better example of a functional, self correcting Republic than the United States is at the moment.
wildcat84 on July 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Funny how Obama’s definition of “meddling” changes depending on how democratic (small d) the other country is. The less the better, eh?
Jim Treacher on July 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM
The A-Team is here today; You guys are nailing this from every point on the compass.
Bishop on July 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Obama is going to blunder into a war.
I wonder who he will blame that on? Hillary? TOTUS? His proctologist?
Yoop on July 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Chavez’s military is VERY strong, relative to his neighbors.
One of the things he’s spent petro-dollars on over the years is modern weaponry. His military would be a serious threat to other Latin nations, as he designed it to be.
Ragspierre on July 1, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Don’t laugh, Ayers has spent a lot of time in South America and I believe is actually advising the Chavez government on education policy.
rockmom on July 1, 2009 at 10:01 AM
And Hugo knows it. Colombia’s military isn’t something he wants to face. He’s just snorting and pawing the earth,..actually it’s going to be enjoyable watching Obama try to wipe the egg off his face on this one.
a capella on July 1, 2009 at 10:01 AM
eell the demonrats love to tell us that the means justifies the ends…
SHARPTOOTH on July 1, 2009 at 10:02 AM
A war in Honduras would be like a weekend in Chicago.
SlimyBill on July 1, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Don’t fall into the trap of believing that just because Obama’s actions appear stupid that he is stupid. He is not. He is EVIL, not stupid.
The reason his implementations appear stupid is because they are done clumsily, due to O’s lack of experience and polish. Which, thanks to the 22nd Amendment, he won’t get the decades in office to obtain.
Of course, the policy itself IS stupid, but that’s true of all Leftist ideas, since all are proven to not work, every time, every where they’ve been tried. Obama knows this, as do all the elites. They don’t care if any of this works or not, they want the POWER that implementing such ideas enables. That’s why you shouldn’t think of O as stupid, but what he truly is, EVIL.
wildcat84 on July 1, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Dare say it. I daresay that nations such as Honduras and Colombia are looking at Ogabe and saying to themselves “Uh oh, time to prepare.”
They know Ogabe will not be a friend to them, that his machinations here in the U.S. spell trouble down the road for their economies, their governments, their freedoms; Hugo Chavez is going to be closer to the U.S. than rational people ever thought possible.
Bishop on July 1, 2009 at 10:03 AM
You know, I’m starting to understand why Obama sympathizes with this guy…
taznar on July 1, 2009 at 10:03 AM
And the plane should immediately be shot down.
SouthernGent on July 1, 2009 at 10:04 AM
STAY STRONG HONDURANS – Hold together.
Don’t let the Marxist meddlers interfere with your matters.
exceller on July 1, 2009 at 10:04 AM
He is also amazingly ignorant. But he thinks he knows everything. Hence, a VERY dangerous man…
Ragspierre on July 1, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Touche’ (Except in the Oprah, JJ Wright, and Ayers neighborhoods)
SouthernGent on July 1, 2009 at 10:05 AM
I love the fact that the Hondurans take their constitution mucg more seriously than we take ours. If I were thinking of buying property in a foreign place that is warm, that might be the one. But, I don’t have anymore money thanks to Obama.
I keep wondering if Obama is all flustered about this because he thinks that it could happen to him, here. Then I slap myself into reality. He doesn’t think about it at all. He just grabs more power every day and nothing is done or said.
OT. Bill Bennett announced that Obama has a “townhall meeting” planned for somewhere in VA. Obama thinks he is loosing support here. Well, DUH. He thinks he can sell refrigerators to Eskimos. Keep writing your Reps and Senators.
BetseyRoss on July 1, 2009 at 10:06 AM
He falls back on his ideology, which is why is initial response placed him on the same side as Zelaya.
ProfessorMiao on July 1, 2009 at 10:06 AM
You know better than that.
BOOSH is to blame for everything.
wildcat84 on July 1, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Yet serious military analysts will tell you that even the best weapons are next to useless in the hands of conscripted peons with a whip at their backs.
Oh there could be some border skirmishing, a few jungle firefights, maybe a nameless town fought over, but an actual invasion of Honduras? Chavez would find his army bogged-down while back at home his domestic enemies make his life even more difficult.
Bishop on July 1, 2009 at 10:08 AM
So, by these violations, the Honduras government has no impeachment process? And if they don’t, was removal by the military the only process available to the citizens? Just playing “devils advocate” here. I have no problem with removing any leader that circumvents his/her governments constitution/laws.
Would the Obama administration’s firing/admonishing of our “independent” inspector generals qualify as an impeachable offense?
Rovin on July 1, 2009 at 10:09 AM
More meddling by oblahma. He says he doesn’t meddle. Israel and Hondurus. He meddles with healthcare and automotive. Don’t touch Iran.
seven on July 1, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Exactly. Obama is an ignorant, inexperienced evil thug. Thank God he has that weakness, because it is becoming his undoing. Well, that and the fact that he’s made a recession far worse than it had to be and that his popularity can only go down from now.
wildcat84 on July 1, 2009 at 10:10 AM
My loins are going to get bruised from all this girding!
aikidoka on July 1, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Obama supporters urging him NOT to engage Honduras. They claim we should not get further involved in the Middle East.
Jeff from WI on July 1, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Honduras has been working with the US on a joint drug task force. I think enough info is out in news stories that it is too late to send the whole matter down the memory hole, especially since too many people in both governments have been working on it.
Wasn’t it drug trafficking that eventually brought down Noriega in Panama?
Wethal on July 1, 2009 at 10:12 AM
Hmmmmm, so Zelaya got kicked out for trying to usurp the constitution of Honduras in order to become dictator for life. If hopey allows this concept to catch on how is he going to continue with his grand scheme. He’s going to need more than al franken in the senate and sotomayor on the Supreme Court to pull it off here. Gotta go to the ammo store.
Dukehoopsfan on July 1, 2009 at 10:13 AM
I seem to recall that Stalin made remarkably effective use of conscripted, untrained peasants with sticks in their hands, driven forward by political cadres with machine guns.
Ragspierre on July 1, 2009 at 10:13 AM
From what I understand (correct me anyone?) Zelaya was basically told that he was out of bounds and given the choice of retiring or being fired. He told the legislature to stuff-it, that he would continue with his unconstitutional power grab and see you in the morning.
The Honduran Constitution has a clause that such actions are subject to revocation of Honduran citizenship, so the military was sent in to take care of things, maybe because they are the most capable force, they expected resistance, who knows.
Bishop on July 1, 2009 at 10:13 AM
I thought Barry was against “meddling” in the affairs of other countries. Or is this just more of that Democratic “nuance” that only applies to leftest governments?
GarandFan on July 1, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Barack ‘Meddler’ Obama
cmsinaz on July 1, 2009 at 10:17 AM
Sure did, at the cost of about 8 million military dead.
Fat Boy Hugo has neither the population, the infrastructure nor the domestic security apparatus to wage such a war, not to mention he would have no “protecting the motherland” patriotism to fall back on; he would be the invader.
Bishop on July 1, 2009 at 10:18 AM
This is almost a parody. Obama is getting involved in Honduran legal and political matters at the service of Marxist thugs like Castro and Chavez yet he is willing to remain aloof and throw to the wolves protesters who are being arrest and shot in the streets in Iran at the service of fascist thugs who are the ally of the left.
Un-Effing-Believable
RobCon on July 1, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Imagine if the press started asking Obama questions about Honduras’s constitution.
patrick neid on July 1, 2009 at 10:21 AM
If only we could adopt this clause…..We dearly need a constitutional amendment that directs/informs the legislature when their SPENDING PRACTICES ARE OUT OF BOUNDS
Rovin on July 1, 2009 at 10:24 AM
They did not use illegitimate means to remove him. Come on man. You know that their constitution allows only for a consideration of amendments through congress first. The Supes and the military were protecting their constitution, something we refuse to do.
True_King on July 1, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Only if they have one of them time machine things.
Akzed on July 1, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Agreed, but the authors of his ideology weren’t too sharp either, which is why they were all basically failed street thugs (Alinsky and Ayers).
So Obama has really nothing positive to offer the American people, but we’re fortunate because his heroes and role models basically failed in everything they did as well.
NoDonkey on July 1, 2009 at 10:27 AM
A little bit of a difference of circumstances though. In World War II, the Russian soldier was fighting more for patriotism than for Stalin. That happens when someone invades your country and plans to erase it from the map.
wildcat84 on July 1, 2009 at 10:27 AM
I wouldn’t worry about their threats. Remember there are only a few countries in the world that are able to project strength. Big China has trouble projecting across the Taiwan Strait alone. Like someone inferred Hugo can’t even project strength on his own border.
No Latin American country has this capability. The only possible invasion strategy is to deploy troops using civilian aircraft to Nicaragua to prepare an invasion of Honduras.
Of course that places Nicaraguan’s directly in the line of fire. I don’t think they are willing to die for Zelaya.
sjramos on July 1, 2009 at 10:29 AM
What you posted is pretty much what I understand too. The president was attempting to violate their constitution. He was informed of this and refused cease his attempts. The military arrested him and immediately returned control to the duly elected government. The constitutionally mandated line of succession was followed and the ex-president was exiled in his jammies. Sounds like the Honduras military and government acted in accordance with their laws and constitution to me.
Oldnuke on July 1, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Bet you a beer that when Obomber orders the US military into new action overseas, it will be to prop up a banana republic leftist in SA or Africa. Honduras or something like it. Mark it down.
Wonder, does Uribe throw in with the Hondurans, if war breaks out?
james23 on July 1, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Sufficiently advanced stupid is indistinguishable from evil.
Count to 10 on July 1, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Can someone give me a historical example of a “legitimate” removal of a dictator ? As far as I know, the only way to remove a dictator is through military means
runner on July 1, 2009 at 10:33 AM
“I’m not going to hold a constitutional assembly,” Zelaya said.
Damn right, bubela.
“I’m going to serve my four years.”
Uh, no. No, you aren’t.
mojo on July 1, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Obama is a terrible President, risking war over something like this when he has yet to criticize Iran’s elections.
therightscoop on July 1, 2009 at 10:34 AM
I used to think the same; that Obama is pure evil. But I now disagree with that description.
I believe that Obama is, in fact, quite stupid. He is very much like the schoolyard bully. A narcissistic schoolyard bully. These bullies are usually elevated to a level of control by a group of enchanted followers and noisy supporters.
These bullies are seldom anything except stupid. They bluster and bully to get their way. Evil actions are their control mechanism and little real intelligence is required to carry out their evil agenda. That control usually begins to unravel when someone takes a stand against them with some real power behind that pushback. The bully then resorts to whining that he is the one being pick on and misunderstood. Being thin-skinned to criticism is common.
Sound familiar?
I await the first entity that administers a good punch to Obamas teeth.
Yoop on July 1, 2009 at 10:34 AM
OK, let’s be serious here.
Chavez’s military are not untrained peons with whips at their back. A lot of the officer corp were trained by Americans.
If they were used to invade Honduras, do you think maybe Hugo could count on Cuban troops to hold the fort back home? I kinda bet they could be counted on.
Hugo seems to have the blessing…which is all he’d need, really…of the OAS, the UN, and the USA.
Is he nuts enough to do any of this…? I think so. That doesn’t mean he will, but it certainly is not off the edge to think it probable.
Ragspierre on July 1, 2009 at 10:35 AM
What is your basis for this statement? I am not saying that you are wrong, but you keep implying that the removal was probably illegal. But Zelaya had defied an order from the Hondurus Supreme Court. Who else would be responsible for removing him.
Can’t someone get a Hondurus Constitutional scholar to comment on this issue.
RedSoxNation on July 1, 2009 at 10:36 AM
The problem is that Obama is not stupid, in fact he is quite ideologically intelligent, and I assure you he knows what he is doing.
My question is: Is Obama meddling because he is in cahoots with Chavez?
therightscoop on July 1, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Unfortunately, when that happens (and it will, given the circus clown indifference, lack of awareness and incompetence of this “administration”), it’s going to mean many Americans are going to end up dead.
Watching this complete jackass stutter and sob on TV, isn’t going to be that satisfying at that point.
NoDonkey on July 1, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Next up: Joint Cuba-Venezuela-US invasion of Honduras.
(And somebody needs to check the drug running connection in all this. Was Chavez pushing drugs through Honduras to the US?)
albill on July 1, 2009 at 10:39 AM
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