On the wrong side of history
The United States government has withdrawn the diplomatic visa of the de facto Honduran president, Roberto Micheletti, to force him to step down from his position and to force the return of ousted Manuel Zelaya to that position (Reuters link);
“We received letters from the U.S. Consulate in Honduras which say that because of the what happened on June 28, our visas have been suspended,” Micheletti said.
Micheletti has not visited the United States since the June 28 coup. A month after the coup, the U.S. State Department said it had revoked the diplomatic visas of four members of Honduras’ de facto government, but did not name them.
So in a few weeks, the Hondurans have their national elections and all of this will be history. Does anyone think the new Honduran government will just forgive and forget how the Obama Administration injected itself into the constitutional discussion on this Latin neighbor?
The BBC says that the Obama Administration has also halted aid to Honduras;
Last week, the US halted all non-humanitarian aid to Honduras – about $30m (£18.4m) – in the wake of the coup.
The State Department said the US needed to take strong action given the failure of the replacement regime to restore “democratic, constitutional rule”.
By whose standard? The Honduran Constitution demanded that the government imprison Zelaya for conspiring to alter the document. They let him off easy. Who is the US State Department to determine what is “constitutional rule” in Honduras? How do they know more about “constitutional rule” than the Honduran Supreme Court which ordered the Honduran Army to remove Zelaya?
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Foreign Policy
Jonn,
The problem that the “lightworker” has is simple: If he supports the rule of law, the Constitutional exercise of the Honduran Congress and People to enforce their laws, then he has no where to hide here in the United States.
He might have sworn an oath to “Protect and Defend” the US Constitution, but he has already publicly stated that he views our own Constitution as “…a deeply flawed document”.
With that view, how can he honestly follow the oath he took? he’s always looking for an edge, an angle, a way to bend, if not ignore, the rules. He wants to remove the free market economy and replace it with socialism and a cult of personality worshiping a powerful leader, a benign dictator.
If he recognizes the legitimacy of Honduras’ actions, it makes it all the more difficult for him to succeed here.
If he can label the actions in Honduras a “coup”, then he can easily do the same to any movement here that seeks to thwart his own actions, and that should scare the begeebus out of anyone, from either party, who understands that.
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“US needed to take strong action given the failure of the replacement regime to restore “democratic, constitutional rule”. I see, a country obeying their constitution is a “failure”. Up is down, in is out. By the time we can get rid of this regime in D.C., I doubt this country will have ANY real allies.
I fear Tim is right, if the polls don’t look good for Comrade 0 in 2010, will it be deemed a “coup”? Will there be a “man-caused disaster”?
Heh. State does it again. And not a lifted little finger for the people of Iran. What a bunch of elitist MORONS.
Remember Neda!
I hate to write in caps but in this case I neeed to.
THERE WAS NO COUP D’ETAT.
THERE WAS NO COUP D’ETAT.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
What happened in Honduras was a nation upholding the law of the land. It would appear the present government in the USA does not support anything that goes against Chavez and his ilk.