Coup d'Etat: Roundup on Honduras

The Big Picture has a photo-essay, "The Honduran Coup d'Etat":

A soldier fires his weapon toward supporters of Manuel Zelaya during a protest in Tegucigalpa June 29, 2009. (REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT) #

William Jacobson has an analysis, "Let Them Come to Tegucigalpa":

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 mixed-messages on the Iran protests, Obama has shown a willingness to "work with" repressive regimes hostile to the United States while ignoring friends.

Now it is Honduras, where Obama sides with Manuel Zelaya, a Chavez-prototype who tried to put himself in a perpetual presidency, in violation of Honduran court ordersto the contrary. The evidence is overwhelming that had the Honduran military not acted, Honduras would have gone the way of Venezuela.

When is Obama going to learn that you cannot work with the Hugo Chavez's and Mahmood Ahmadinejad's of the world. That doesn't mean military action, but it does mean standing up to them on the world stage, and supporting our friends.

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See also:

* CNN, "Video Shows Honduran Troops Shooting Protesters' Bus Tires."

* Douglas Farah, "Honduras and the Bolivarian Revolution."

* Gateway Pundit, "Honduran Democracy Protesters Bash Obama & CNN."

* Honduras Abandoned, "First Impressions."

* Fausta Wertz, "#Honduras under state of emergency while Chavez talks bloodbath."

* Ray Walser (The Heritage Foundation), "Beware of the Not-So-Hidden Agendas In Honduras."

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ADDED: The Los Angeles Times, "Tensions Mount as Honduras Defies OAS."