Monday, June 29, 2009

So, Obama doesn't mind "meddling" in the internal affairs of some countries.

This time in Honduras . Now even foreign policy positions come with an expiration date.
The Honduran military on Sunday ousted leftist President Manuel Zelaya and exiled him to Costa Rica - an action rejected by much of the world, including the United States and its sometimes foe, Venezuela.

The apparent catalyst for the coup came last week when Mr. Zelaya decided to go ahead with a nationwide referendum on whether he could purse a second term in office. Honduran electoral law limits leaders to one four-year term.

Though the referendum vote was neither sanctioned by Honduran congressional leaders nor deemed legal by the country's Supreme Court, Mr. Zelaya scheduled the vote for Sunday. He further antagonized the country's elite by trying to fire the head of the Honduran military, which promptly retaliated against him.

In an unusual concurrence of views, the Obama administration and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said they still recognized Mr. Zelaya as Honduras' president. The State Department called the events an "attempted coup" and urged Mr. Zelaya's "return and restoration of democratic order."
And he aligns himself with Castro, Ortega and Chavez in the process. Zelaya tries to extend his term through an illegal referendum which was shut down by the Honduran military: and we call it a "coup". Just awesome!!

Of course Obama is again "deeply concerned" .

1 comment:

  1. Not unlike demanding that Israel must accept a Palestinian state. No meddling there!


    Lazy Libertarian

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