Sure.
If Clinton could attack and decimate the wrong side of a civil war in Serbia, as a distraction from Monicagate, sure, Hussein can do the same... all he needs is an embarrassing crisis he can't hide or bullshit* his way out of.
Posted on 07/07/2009 12:32:08 PM PDT by Jbny
Wouldn’t it be ironic if the first military intervention of the Obama administration were to occur in, of all places, Honduras? Unlikely, I admit, but not impossible. Young Democratic presidents with scant foreign-policy experience usually feel a need to demonstrate their willingness to use force early on. Think of JFK and the Bay of Bigs. Or, more to the point, recall Clinton and Haiti. In 1994, Cinton sent in troops to restore president Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power after he had been ousted by a military coup.
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Barry Soetoro, defender of socialist tyrants around the globe!
Is that some sort of tropical island fat camp?
Obama wouldn’t dare try to restore Zelaya by force. Or would he?
Maybe, maybe not, but he WOULD stand by Hugo Chavez, who has already threatened military invasion unless his “mini-me”, Zelaya, is restored to power.
Sure.
If Clinton could attack and decimate the wrong side of a civil war in Serbia, as a distraction from Monicagate, sure, Hussein can do the same... all he needs is an embarrassing crisis he can't hide or bullshit* his way out of.
Ask George Orwell.
He'll do what he thinks is most likely to ingratiate himself with Chavez. Maybe let Chavez put together an invasion army, made up of Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicaraguans, etc. and let them take the credit for "restoring democracy" while the US provides support.
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