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| Honduras at the Tipping Point |
| 2009-07-07 |
| Why is the U.S. not supporting the rule of law? By MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY Hundreds of emails from Hondurans flooded my in-box last week after I reported on the military's arrest of President Manuel Zelaya, as ordered by the Supreme Court, and his subsequent banishment from the country. Mr. Zelaya's violations of the rule of law in recent months were numerous. But the tipping point came 10 days ago, when he led a violent mob that stormed a military base to seize and distribute Venezuelan-printed ballots for an illegal referendum. All but a handful of my letters pleaded for international understanding of the threat to the constitutional democracy that Mr. Zelaya presented. One phrase occurred again and again: "Please pray for us." Hondurans have good cause for calling on divine intervention: Reason has gone AWOL in places like Turtle Bay and Foggy Bottom. Ruling the debate on Mr. Zelaya's behavior is Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, who is now the reigning international authority on "democracy." Mr. Chavez is demanding that Mr. Zelaya be reinstated and is even threatening to overthrow the new Honduran president, Roberto Micheletti. He's leading the charge from the Organization of American States (OAS). The United Nations and the Obama administration are falling in line. Is this insane? You bet. We have fallen through the looking glass and it's time to review how hemispheric relations came to such a sad state. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Ditto to what SteveS said. I saw on the news the ANTI Zelaya supporters are taken to the streets to confront the pro dictator rabble. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2009-07-07 08:40 |
| #4 Hillary is to meet with Zelaya today. Maybe together they can bow to a statute of Chavez as part of the meeting. |
| Posted by: Lord garth 2009-07-07 08:38 |
| #3 tyhe fact is simple, Obama desperately wants a precedent where a democraticly elected presodent can violate both the law and the constitution, and get away clean. THAT'S WHY THIS IS LIED ABOUT. IT'S OBAMA'S DRECT ORDER TO THE STATE DEPT. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-07-07 08:31 |
| #2 Why is the U.S. not supporting the rule of law? Cause it's DWEM law, not Sharia law? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-07-07 03:39 |
| #1 If Washington does not reverse course, it will be one more act of appeasement toward an ambitious and increasingly dangerous dictator. I kinda sorta lost track here. Are we talking Zelaya or Obama? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-07-07 00:31 |