Dictators and demagogues can rest easy on President Obama's watch. When thousands of Iranians flooded the streets of Tehran protesting a rigged election and were beaten and shot down by pro-regime thugs, the president bided his time before making a series of noncommittal statements. He seemed to hope it would all just go away. However, when a socialist demagogue was ejected unceremoniously from Honduras on Sunday by his own government for trying to establish a presidency for life, Mr. Obama instantly sprang to his defense.Read the whole thing, here.
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Obama Stands With Tyrants
From the Washington Times:
Nicaragua unlikely to break the pattern.
ReplyDeleteThanks Smitty!
ReplyDeleteManuel Zelaya made an illegal referendum that counteracted the Honduras Constitution and essentially high jacked the country. He is running a corrupt government. Supreme Court demanded the military eject Zelaya, and the Honduras congress followed the democratic process by unanimously voting him out - which technically makes this a congressional and legislative removal by the military following orders.
ReplyDeleteThat be the case, perhaps the government should have tried and convict him rather than the coup. Still, this might be what Obama and Chavez have in common - an uneasy feeling about being forcibly removed from office. History will judge Obama harshly on this irresponsible support of a decadent Honduras president, though.
"History will judge Obama harshly on this irresponsible support of a decadent Honduras president, though."
ReplyDeleteRusty, I think history is going to judge Obama right harshly on a number of things.
-Dave
@Dave:
ReplyDeleteWorld's Shortest Book's, volume XXMMDC:
"Favorable Moments in the History of the Obama Administration".