RSSHonduras – Coup or Constitutional Action?
Carolyn Hileman - The Voice | July 2, 2009
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/07/the_ugly_face_of_liberalism.html
July 01, 2009
The ugly face of liberalism
By Selwyn Duke
It has been interesting watching the response to the Honduran
military’s recent ousting its nation’s president, Manuel Zelaya.
Barack Obama called the action “not legal” and Hillary Clinton said
that the arrest of Zelaya should be condemned. Most interesting,
perhaps, is that taking this position places them shoulder to
shoulder with Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega and Venezuelan’s roaring
mouse, Hugo Chavez, who is threatening military action against
Honduras. Now, some would say this is an eclectic group – others
would say, not so much – regardless, what has gotten them so upset?
Let’s start with what they say. They are calling the ouster a “coup”
and claim that Zelaya is still Honduras’ rightful president. Some of
them say we must support democracy. But they have said little, if
anything, about the rule of law. And most of what they have said is
wrong.
First, it doesn’t appear that Sunday’s ouster was a military coup but
a law enforcement action. It is not a military strongman who sought
extra-legal control, but Zelaya himself. Here is the story.
Zelaya is a leftist, a less precocious version of Chavez, sort of
like the Venezuelan’s Mini-me. And, like Chavez, it’s seems that
Zelaya was bent on perpetuating his rule and increasing his power in
defiance of the rule of law. That is to say, the Honduran
Constitution limits presidents to one four-year term, and this wasn’t
quite enough to satisfy Zelaya’s ambitions. So he sought to amend the
constitution, which may sound okay, except for one minor detail. Mary
Anastasia O’Grady in the Wall Street Journal explains
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Who are you people? A public referendum on an additional presidential term for Zalaya was about to begin when him was arrested and sent out of the country. This democratic process was thwarted by a coup (yes,it’s a coup, and you can call it anything else you’d like) but it just a coup, an illegal takeover of power, the Honduran Supreme Court notwithstanding.
I was not refering to you. But I am sure that you have seen a lot of that at this point.
First of all you are incorrect about what exactly happened in Honduras. In fact it was President Zelaya that was trying to thwart the Democratic process and J.J. Jackson covers all this in his post titled “Obama “Deeply Concerned” Over Ousted Honduras Thug WTF!”. You may want to read it and become educated about how this was not a coup but a country actually standing up for its own laws and Constitution.
Second of all you are in violation of the rules by posting under multiple user named for no other apparent reason than to promote some websites by providing links. As such, your links have been removed and you user names have been changed to “rmoney”. If you continue to post under multiple user names you will be banned.