Analysis: Obama's stand on the Honduran coup (MSM on spin cycle)

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[tobyhill]

Dealing with the first Latin American crisis of his presidency, Barack Obama sought a swift, clear response that would not be interpreted as U.S. interventionism in a region that loathes it.

So he condemned a coup in Honduras by turning to that most reliable standby: democracy.

"We stand on the side of democracy, sovereignty and self-determination," Obama said when asked Monday about the forced exile of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, a takeover that has drawn international criticism and unnerved a part of the world that has worked to shed itself of strong-arm tactics.

[penelopesire]

It’s not going to work this time. Zelaya is a drug thug marxist and hoodlum that was breaking his own country’s constitution. The truth will be known.

[tet68]

a part of the world that has worked to shed itself of strong-arm tactics.

It has?
Oh wait, Jimma Carter said the Chaves takeover was fair.

[livius]

My mouth has just dropped open. Who the heck thinks this is not interventionism? In fact, it’s the only intervention he has so far seen fit to make - in favor of a left-wing would-be dictator who has been democractically, constitutionally and legitimately removed from office by the people of his country.

And Obama couldn’t wait to come out and oppose the Honduran people and support his buddy Chavez in all of this.

He makes me sick. And so does the press.

[DannyTN]

Now theres a report that Zelaya was funneling drugs into the U.S.

No wonder Obama is for him. He’s protecting his stash.

[WHBates]

If the Democrats could pull off here what Zelaya was attempting in Honduras you can bet they would try it and maybe they have already with Acorn.

[dawn53]

I just posted on the thread with the Krauthammer video, but it was a classic statment by Krauthammer about Obama: Whenever you find yourself on the same side as Chavez, Ortega, and the Castro twins, you ought to reevaluate your assumptions.