corner.nationalreview.com - 7/1/2009
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From a reader:
Jonah:
I have written you several times over the years. We are "friends" on Facebook and I loved Liberal Fascism.
I was born in Honduras and my maternal relatives (aunts, uncles, cousins) all live there.
The country is bewildered that the world, especially the United ...
miamiherald.com - 6/30/2009
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miamiherald.com —
The greatest tourist attraction in Central America has
always been politics. Diplomats stop by every few years,...
take a couple of snapshots of what's going on at the presidential palace, and then profoundly declare their opinions, devoid of context or ...
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Nothing so shocking about this coup
article.nationalreview.com - 6/30/2009
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IT’S CROWDED DOWN THERE: Honduras under the bus….
Instapundit —
IT’S CROWDED DOWN THERE: Honduras under the bus.
Iran, Honduras: Is Obama “objectively pro-fascist”?
Roger L. Simon —
... I felt a tightening in the gut. Chavez particularly was on the side of Ahmadinejad in the recent Iranian brutality.
This was a side I didn’t want to be on, didn’t want our country on. I heard many suspicious things about Zelaya, the booted Honduran president, including allegations of drug ties. Also, he was running for succor to the UN, the very organization just weeks ago I had personally seen embrace Ahmadinejad in Geneva. So when I read this message from a Honduran on The Corner, I wasn’t surprised.
Obama has strange friends. ...
Obama “Stands With Democracy”, Defends Leftist Despot
Nice Deb —
... president of Honduras, and the Honduran coup leaders can’t even breathe without the support of the United States,” Castro wrote.
Didn’t Castro and Chavez used to be bad guys? Why are we on the same side as the bad guys? Why am I becoming increasingly ashamed of my country?
Charles Krauthammer, on Fox News, argued forcefully that the Obama administration is wrong:
Read what this Honduran wrote at The Corner, yesterday:
The country is bewildered that the world, ...
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