Not so much since the beginning of the year.
Posted on 06/30/2009 3:14:20 PM PDT by NorwegianViking
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations marshaled an unusually broad effort on Tuesday to condemn the military seizure of power in Honduras, turning over the podium of the General Assembly to its ousted president and quickly passing a resolution sponsored by countries often at loggerheads, including the United States and Venezuela. The deposed president, Manuel Zelaya, said the “brutal” coup, including what he called a threat by soldiers to shoot him dead if he did not stop talking on his cell phone, was a blow against democracy. He called it “an act of aggression attacking the democratic will of the people.” Mr. Zelaya, greeted by sustained applause when he entered the chamber and sat in the Honduran seat on the assembly floor, said the resolution supporting him “expresses the indignation of the people of Honduras and of people worldwide.” The one-page resolution, passed by acclamation in the 192-member body, condemned the removal of the president as a coup and demanded the “immediate and unconditional restoration” of Mr. Zelaya as president.solution other than Mr. Zelaya returning to power. Mr. Zelaya was supposed to meet with Thomas Shannon, an assistant Secretary of State, on Tuesday or Wednesday on the sidelines of an Organization of American States meeting to hash out a response to the crisis in Honduras. White House officials said that there were no plans as of Tuesday afternoon for Mr. Zelaya to meet with Mr. Obama, but that could change, one administration official said.
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“The United States has changed a great deal,” he said at the news conference, noting that President Obama had not only denounced his removal as an illegal coup, but then went further, calling for his return to power." -----Yes, this is the change Obama supporters voted for. Sad, very, very sad.
Of course they did. The UN is an illegal organization and BO is a supporter of lawlessness.
UN despots calling for the salvation of one of their own.
Bad precedent when people rise up for the rule of law and kick out the tyrant.
UN says can’t have that.
Obama of course agrees.
Hang the marxist
Not one person killed now 3 days after it happened...
If he is somehow returned to power, then I suspect there will be thousands killed. Let us pray he never again sets foot in Honduras.
The leftists always back the SA marxists. They did the same thing with the Sandinistas during Reagan’s time. Many democrats (including Obama) have ties to FARC as well.
Got to keep that columbian blow running for Obama...(eye roll)
Well I would hope that our military would remove Obama if he tried the same stunt as Zelaya. So is Obama saying that A Democratically elected leader who usurps the nations Constitution should remain in power?
Maybe a reporter will Ask Mr. Obama what he thinks the right answer to the quandry is especially as it relates to this country or would his Presidential decree to usurp the 22nd Amendment be justified as well?
Zelaya sounds like your typical tossed tyrant, throwing around hyperbole like “brutal coup” and “an act of aggression attacking the democratic will of the people” and “ blow against democracy”...
Seems his definition of democracy is quite different than Webster’s.
“said the “brutal” coup
Not one person killed now 3 days after it happened...”
My mind is going to explode.
Not so much since the beginning of the year.
Don’t forget the rim shot!
Unfortunately their biggest mistake was in leaving Zelaya alive.
Dead men dont cry to the UN. They cannot be reinstalled.
Obama dosnt surprise me in the least. I knew what he was before he was elected. I have no cause to change my mind.
He hates America and he hates freedom .
Chavez was right when he said <0 is a Ignoramus, at best.
The USA is officially a Marxist regime.
The UN has already proven itself to be one of the most useless international organizations in history and in this Honduran matter, simply confirms it again.
I still haven’t figured out how an order to arrest turns into an order to deport.
I don’t buy the story of the arrest at all; I think he resigned under threat of arrest and then fled.
This clown is pretty darn stupid. If he returns he won’t be President but will be in jail and if he stays gone he still won’t be President but he’ll be free.
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