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WSJ: White House tried to prevent Honduran president’s ouster
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... . I understood The One’s logic for not wanting to meddle in Iran. I don’t understand his logic for wanting to meddle in Honduras . Reaction to the apparent coup was swift. U.S. President Barack Obama said he was “deeply concerned” and called on all political actors in Honduras to “respect democratic norms, the rule of law and the tenets of the Inter-American Democratic Charter. Any existing tensions and disputes must be resolved peacefully through dialogue free from any outside interference,” he said. The Obama administration worked in recent days to prevent President ...
Sunday reading: Old and new wars
Ben Smith's Blog —
... fascinating, because that tells me those guys are 16 years behind the times. I mean, here they are having an argument about the 1990s and we're in 2009 -- and they're making the same argument on health care. They're doing the same thing. They are fighting not even the last war, they're fighting three wars ago.
But Carl Hulse warns Clinton's BTU tax plan, which burned the Dems in 1993, may be a cautionary tale for this one.
Honduras has Central America's first coup since the Cold War.
And more street protests – and state violence ...
Turns out that Honduras did not have a coup after all.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Meanwhile, the foreign policy experts over at State and the White House* have gone into, bluntly, full Ugly American mode: they’re currently declining to recognize the right of the Hondurans to remove their own head of state on constitutional grounds. Apparently, when it’s a choice between a chief executive on the one hand and said chief executive’s country’s judiciary, legislature, military, and own political party on the other… well, it all apparently depends on ...
links for 2009-06-28
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
Honduras and democracy
neo-neocon —
Fausta’s been on top of the situation in Honduras as news breaks. And here’s a big article on the subject in the WSJ.
A couple of things become clear on reading the WSJ article. The first is that the reason for the coup was to stop deposed President Zelaya from accomplishing an unconstitutional usurption of power:
Mr. Zelaya, a frequent critic of the U.S., has been locked in a growing confrontation with his country’s Congress, courts, and military over his plans for the referendum — planned for Sunday — ...
Links for 2009-06-28 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... Tinpot Dictator Taken Down In Honduras-- Chavez Slams Coup... Obama Meddles
Supporters of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya gather in front of the president residency in Tegucigalpa June 28, 2009. Witnesses said Zelaya was detained at home by troops in a constitutional crisis over his attempt to win re-election. CNN's Spanish-language channel later quoted Costa Rican officials as saying he was in Costa Rica and seeking political asylum. (REUTERS)
Coup Rocks Honduras - Army Exiles President, a Chávez Ally, Stoking Regional Tension ...
Monday morning links
Maggie's Farm —
... nonprofit company offering health insurance. The fundamental viability of the enterprise does not depend on whether the employees are called “nonprofit administrators” or “civil servants.”
On mandatory health care, at The Agitator
Good point on Honduras at Hot Air:
Via Gateway Pundit. I understood The One’s logic for not wanting to meddle in Iran. I don’t understand his logic for wanting to meddle in Honduras.
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OBAMA FAILS TO STAND UP FOR AMERICAN INTERESTS IN HONDURAS
Right Wing Nut House —
... camps in Venezuela has no connection to the geopolitical alliance between Chavez, Syria’s Assad, and the Ayatollah’s in Iran. In fact, after swearing off “interferring” in Iran where demonstrators were getting shot, beaten, and axed to death, our clueless Chief Hypocrite worked frantically behind the scenes to save Honduran President Zelaya’s job, thus interferring on the wrong side while making himself out a liar on Iran. Paul Kiernan, Jose de Cordoba, and Jay Solomon of the Wall Street Journal report on the attempt by the White House to save Chavez’s stooge: The Obama ...
Obama Tried To Stop Honduras Coup
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Buried in a Wall Street Journal article is the news that President Obama tried to stop Sunday's coup in Honduras:
The Obama administration and members of the Organization of American States had worked for weeks to try to avert any moves to overthrow President Zelaya, said senior U.S. officials. Washington's ambassador to Honduras, Hugo Llorens, sought to facilitate a dialogue between the president's office, the Honduran parliament and the military.
The efforts accelerated over the weekend, as Washington grew increasingly alarmed. "The ...
A Coup Or Protecting The Constitution In Honduras?
Right Wing News —
... offer to resign in exchange for safe passage out of the country. Mr. Zelaya denies it. In other words, Mel Zelaya was trying to set himself up as dictator for life, the court's ruled it illegal and when he proceeded anyway, he was ousted. If, God forbid it, Barack Obama won a 2nd term and decided to ignore his term limits and run again anyway, I would hope that our military would do the same thing that the military in Honduras did. A more puzzling question is why our own President is once again siding against democracy , The Obama administration and members of the Organization ...
Coups, interference, and the shifting standards of Obama
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... during a conference call organized by the State Department. The official, who spoke on the condition that he not be named, said the U.S. Embassy in Honduras was “consistently and almost constantly engaged in the last several weeks working with partners” and that U.S. officials were “in contact with all Honduran institutions, including the military.” However, the military stopped taking the embassy’s calls since the coup attempt, the official said. The Wall Street Journal also reports Obama’s eagerness to “interfere” : The Obama administration and members of the Organization of ...
Yet More Media Bias From Fox Nation - “Obama Meddles in Honduras...Why Not Iran?”
News Hounds —
... Your linked article reports the facts and you make the interpretation – so “no to bias” – not so much! The Obama administration said that it will not recognize the new leader, who ousted the democratically elected leader, of Honduras. He can do that because we have diplomatic relations with Honduras. We don’t have them with Iran. According to the reality based thinkers (not in Fox Nation) any “meddling” in Iran would make the situation even worse. The geo-politics of Honduras is very different from that of Iran; but as your purpose is to advance propaganda, with no attempt at ...
Yes, It Is a Coup
The Moderate Voice —
... The Wall Street Journal reports from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, that tensions in the capital city are very high, with the military controlling the streets and some public services and news organizations shut down: ...
6/29: RINO-Hunting
Blogometer —
... , Jacobson , Pilon ) are portraying the SCOTUS's decision in the Ricci case -- which "revers[ed] a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge" -- as a blow to Sotomayor's chances of having a smooth Senate confirmation. Liberal bloggers ( Benen , Dayen ) are pushing back against this argument. Conservative bloggers ( Johnson , Lane , Hawkins , Gateway Pundit , Allahpundit ) support the military coup in Honduras, and they're assailing Obama for trying ...
Honduras: Can you have a democratic coup?
The Moderate Voice —
... read), there is a consensus that President Manuel Zelaya was openly threatening the constitutional order of Honduras by defying the supreme court and holding a referendum the court had declared illegal.
Yet I still find it very disturbing that the crisis had to be resolved by the Honduran military, even if it was acting on the orders of the court. The absence of other law enforcement bodies capable of upholding the orders of the court is deeply problematic.
The WSJ reports,
The Obama administration and members of the Organization of American ...
