Things are Starting to get even more Interesting in Honduras
Just as a follow up on Jonn’s post.
With the encouragement of a clown car full of communist dictators, the United Nations and our very own Commissar in Chief, the ousted former Honduran President has decided to return. The new President of Honduras however doesn’t think it’s such a great idea.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ exiled president took off for home in a Venezuelan jet in a high-stakes attempt to return to power, even as the interim government told its military to turn away the plane.
And now for the unusual update:
Tin Pot Dictator Hugo Chavez has so far stolen most of the limelight in this current crisis but it looks like old school Communist dictator Daniel Ortega is about to change that.
Honduras says Nicaragua has troops moving on border 05 Jul 2009 20:20:26 GMT Source: Reuters TEGUCIGALPA, July 5 (Reuters) – Honduras’ interim President Roberto Micheletti said on Sunday Nicaraguan troops were moving to the mutual frontier and urged Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to respect Honduran sovereignty.
He gave no further details about troop movements in Nicaragua which shares a border with Honduras to the southeast of the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa.
I personally spent a lot of time in the mid-80’s in this particular shithole so my take on Ortega’s move (if real) is based on some experience. He will rattle his sabers as far as the Rio Coco and realize that his pathetic military has no way to attack across a motor pool no less a fairly big river. Not that the Honduran military is much better but Ortega’s move is purely PR and nothing of substance.
If you guys hit Jonn’s PayPal enough, I’ll volunteer to go to Puerto Lempira and report directly from the source. Even if you don’t give a shit about Honduras, throwing a couple of sheckles Jonn’s way would be greatly appreciated. The man is a government employee and apparently pretty accident prone!
Stay tuned, you never know what can blow up in situations like this.
Category: Politics
My fantasy involves Zelaya’s plane running out of fuel and crashing into Ortega’s government palace. Sue me.
You are not alone in that thought, Athena.
“clown car full of communist dictators”
Now I’ve got this image stuck in my head, complete with Benny Hill music.
Wanted to thank you folks at TAH for collecting the news about this.
Considering the lack of visible external support I don’t feel optimistic about the outcome, and I am disgusted by the back page coverage in general.
Again thanks.
COB6: You were not there. The US was not there. These are not the droids you are looking for……..
What chaff’s my hide is all this bullhonky about a “coup” coming from, ironically, socialist/communist dictators and those that want to be socialist/communist dictators. They don’t like to see their model for conquest run into any opposition, especially from some snot nosed neophytes that think they can oust someone according to a stupid piece of paper they call a Constitution! We won’t have it!!!
If word gets out that the Congress and Supreme Court followed their laws, while El Presidente didn’t, and he was thrown out for it; they might have problems with their own power base. That’s what scares them. Just like Obama, who sees that if he keeps stepping on that line, he might get his toes nipped. He doesn’t like to have to follow that piece of paper that he swore an oath to.
I was at Soto Cano AB. in ’87. I remember sitting and watching the nightly naval battle at Tiger Island between these military powers. I think it involved soccer and Atlas beer. I agree that Ortega isn’t gonna do nothing. Its all talk to get some favors from Chavez.