[Texas resident]

Makes sense the way ozero’s media is reporting that this was a “coup”. The Honduran president was ignoring their constitution and the people were enforcing the law. Ozero doesn’t agree with that. Wonder why?

[Dallas59]

0buma thinks otherwise.

[DogBarkTree]

I wish our military would............Oh never mind. What’s the point?

[Mount Athos]

-Article 42 strips citizenship rights from those who call for the re-election or continuing (beyond the term) of the President of the Republic.

- Article 239 not only prohibits the re-election of a President of the Republic, but calls for the immediate removal from public office and disqualification from any political office for 10 years any person who calls for a change in that prohibition.

- Article 373 gives the power to amend the Constitution solely to the National Congress, with no role for any “referendum”.

- Article 374 prohibits any amendments to the prohibition of a multi-term President of the Republic.

[ought-six]

Of course Obortion sides with Zelaya, as one dictator to another. Obortion would like very much to try what Zelaya tried.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Thanks.... I’ll keep watching to see that side of the story told... maybe, in the WSJ.

Figures Zero would be all about saving this guy.

[Oldpuppymax]

Zelaya wanted to trample on the Constitution and declare himself president for life. Gee, I wonder why Hussein supports him?

[TigersEye]

Here is some more news our State Run Media is filtering out.

Honduras Defends Its Democracy

Honduras Crisis: Zelaya Is A Threat To Our Democracy

[ctdonath2]

broke into the military installation

I've noticed such is the precipitating event for a great many conflicts: everything is just hot air until someone unauthorized sets foot on a military base and makes a fuss about being removed - and the subsequent festivites all are rooted in that event, regardless of rhetoric. Our own Civil War, AFAIK, occurred when Fort Sumter was attacked, overrun, and not returned to the Union; all subsequent activites of the war can be traced back to that point (had it been returned and secession otherwise continued, we may very well be two countries now).

Methinks if Mr. Zelaya had just kept his cronies out of the military base he might have pulled off a repeat of Chavez.

[normanpubbie]

I have a problem with the original post. You excerpted an article by Mary Anastasia O'Grady without attributing it to her. At least Scott Johnson linked her article when he discussed what happened. Here is the link to the O'Grady article.

I also have a problem with the process that occurred. According O'Grady's account, here is what happened:

1. Zelaya called for a refendum to allow him to serve another term. This is specifically prohibited by the Honduras constitution.
2. The Supreme Court ruled his action illegal. Chavez of Venezuela printed ballots and shipped them to Zelaya's people. The Supreme Court declared this unconstitutional.
3. The military refused to distribute the ballots so Zelaya fired the head of the military, Velasquez.
4. The Supreme Court ordered Velasquez reinstated which Zelaya refused to do.
5. Zelaya's people distributed the illicit ballots to the voters.
6. The Attorney General vowed to prosecute anyone involved in carrying out the referendum.

Here is the part that O'Grady, Scott Johnson, and you left out: Next the military arrested Zelaya. There is no mention of the Attorney General filing charges, Zelaya appealing them, and losing the appeal before arrest. The soldiers just arrested him. As O'Grady wrote,

...the military was acting on a court order to defend the rule of law.

Did the Supreme Court issue an arrest warrant? I doubt it. This was a military coup, pure and simple. It is doubtless illegal and unconstitutional.

Yes, Zelaya is a fascist thug (and an all-around b*stard) and broke the law, but that doesn't justify some else breaking the law, even if you and I think he deserved what he got.

It pains me to agree with Obama on anything, but IMHO he's right here.

[TXnMA]

Sounds like ØHussein's plan for perpetuating his own Marxist regime...