Posted on 06/29/2009 9:07:16 PM PDT by pissant
Gee, now why does Obama think that the Honduran military dispatching a shadily-elected, oppressive Leftist government sets a “terrible precedent”. Like the situation in Iran, it cuts too close to home, it is his worst personal nightmare.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday the coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was illegal and would set a “terrible precedent” of transition by military force unless it was reversed.
“We believe that the coup was not legal and that President Zelaya remains the president of Honduras, the democratically elected president there,” Obama told reporters after an Oval Office meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
Zelaya, in office since 2006, was overthrown in a dawn coup on Sunday after he angered the judiciary, Congress and the army by seeking constitutional changes that would allow presidents to seek re-election beyond a four-year term.
The Honduran Congress named an interim president, Roberto Micheletti, and the country’s Supreme Court said it had ordered the army to remove Zelaya.
The European Union and a string of foreign governments have voiced support for Zelaya, who was snatched by troops from his residence and whisked away by plane to Costa Rica in his pajamas.
Obama said he would work with the Organization of American States and other international institutions to restore Zelaya to power and “see if we can resolve this in a peaceful way.”
“TERRIBLE PRECEDENT”
“It would be a terrible precedent if we start moving backwards into the era in which we are seeing military coups as a means of political transition, rather than democratic elections,” Obama said, noting the region’s progress in establishing democratic traditions in the past 20 years.
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To paraphrase C.S. Lewis, one can turn back the clock. And that is precisely what one does when the clock is wrong.
Despite Obama’s comments, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the administration was not formally designating the ouster as a military coup for now, a step that would force a cut-off of most U.S. aid to Honduras.
There is 0bama's hammer to force the wannabe dictator back into office. Meanwhile his comments are pouring fuel on a potentially violent situation.
Gee, now why does Obama think that the Honduran military dispatching a shadily-elected, oppressive Leftist government sets a “terrible precedent”.
That statement is pure shinola. Zelaya was not "shadily elected." He was a populist and very much a man of the people when he was elected. Hondurans say he changed radically after he was elected three years ago.
Zelaya, in office since 2006, was overthrown in a dawn coup on Sunday after he angered the judiciary, Congress and the army by seeking constitutional changes that would allow presidents to seek re-election beyond a four-year term.
That is another false statement by the author. It was not a coup the congress and the supreme court followed due process of law and the military simply followed their lawful orders to remove the recalcitrant usurper-in-chief. It is also misleading to say they did it because he was "seeking constitutional changes." He was but it helps to know that he was doing it in contravention of their constitution with ballots smuggled in across the Nicaraguan border which originated in Venezuela.
The new Honduran gov’t needs to tell Hugo Hussein Obama and Barack Chavez to go pound sand.
Coup by the Military may be the only thing that saves this country.
I’d prefer coup by the citizenry to restore what our founders intended and to purge the marxists from our midst.
Please move, like the Hollywood Liberals "threatened" to do back in Nov. 2004. A LOT of Freepers and fellow patriots will stand our ground and open defy this worthless 'American Idol' Pres--ent.
I agree with you but for the fact that 700 million from overseas goes a long way in throwing an election.I can damn well see them doing it again and us being powerless to stop it....again.Hope you are well.
With a coconut mallet!
I was being sarcastic
unless the definition of "coup" is "impeachment"
OBOZO LOVES COMMUNIST DICTATORS!! LIKE CHAVEZ AND IMANUTJOB!
OBOZO HATES DEMOCRACIES!!! LIKE ISRAEL AND AMERICA!!
WHY CANT AMERICANS FIGURE OBOZO OUT AND FIRE THE TRAITOR!
;)
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