nydailynews.com - 7/3/2009
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Obama 'meddles' in Honduras -- and chooses the wrong side By James Kirchick Special to NYDailyNews.com Thursday, July 2nd 2009, 4:46 PM President Barack Obama has made it clear that he does not want the United States to be seen as "meddling" in Iran 's internal politics. Never mind that the ...
macon.com - 7/3/2009
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macon.com —
Barack Obama has fundamentally shifted our foreign policy
away from our own national interests in Honduras. He...
aligns us with the interests of Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro and a long list of South American drug cartels.
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ERICKSON: Who cares about Honduras?
legalinsurrection.blogspot.com - 7/3/2009
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legalinsurrection.blogspot.com —
With each passing day, the vapidness of the
Obama administration's foreign policy becomes more clear. Lofty words...
spoken in the capitals of Europe and the Middle East were just words. From the warm embrace of the bully Hugo Chavez, to the cynical ...
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Let them come to Tegucigalpa
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OxBlog —
... . Personally, I am more inclined to James Kirchick's view that it is extremely strange for real democratic governments to be lining up so passionately behind Manuel Zelaya, a disciple of Hugo Chavez and friend of Fidel Castro -- all in the name of democracy. ...
Honduras: Set the bar high for democracy in the Americas
The Moderate Voice —
... . Personally, I am more inclined to James Kirchick’s view that it is extremely strange for real democratic governments to be lining up so passionately behind Manuel Zelaya, a disciple of Hugo Chavez and friend of Fidel Castro — all in the name of democracy. ...
Rule Of Law By Military Coup
Jules Crittenden —
... , meanwhile, offers a Zelaya backgrounder and posits he has no one to blame for himself. Here’s another at the NYPost : “Obama ‘meddles’ in Honduras, choose wrong side.” Not to be confused with backing off in support of the wrong side. ...
What The Hell Is Happening In Honduras?, Ctd
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Greg Weeks tries to establish some points about Honduras. Can you remember a story where pundits have varied so widely on the basic facts? Jamie weighs in here. ...
Another Chance for Chairman Zero to Get It Right on Iran
Moonbattery —
... As his prompt and unconditional support for the attempted communist takeover in Honduras proves, our Dear Leader is no longer opposed to "meddling" by taking sides. Let's see how long it takes him this time to figure out whose side he's supposed to be on. ...
Reporting on the Honduran Coup
the sad red earth —
... A related charge is that while the Obama administration explained its caution in Iran on the basis of not wishing to create any semblance of interfering - of which the U.S. has a history in Iran - the U.S. has, in fact, taken sides by opposing the coup. But once again, the U.S. has a history of supporting, even staging coups in Latin America. The crucial matter from the perspective of U.S. foreign policy - for anyone capable of perceiving error in past US.-Lain American relations - is no longer to be perceived as interfering with even the appearance of democratic ...
Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
Sister Toldjah —
... Appeasing dictators in Cuba and Venezuela by pressuring democratic Honduras to violate their own laws and constitution to restore to power a man who would be a dictator. ...
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faustasblog.com 7/2/2009 — The pressure on the Honduran government continues :
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