Obama supports a nutty govt., this time in Honduras

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Obama supports a nutty govt., this time in Honduras

Monday, June 29th, 2009 | Politics |

While the world wasn’t looking, Honduras’s left-leaning Pres. Manuel “Mel” Zelaya tried to trash every legal institution in his country In an attempt to open the door for re-election, Zelaya demanded a popular referendum. (Honduran presidents can’t be re-elected, so Mel needs to change the constitution). When every institution from the Electoral Tribunal to the Supreme Court said no, “Mad” Mel stepped on the gas.

On Wednesday, he drove straight for the military, demanding they support his personal poll. The head of the armed forces objected to carrying out the illegal order. Zelaya fired him.

The next day, the Supreme Court ruled the firing unjustified. Zelaya fired back: “We will not obey the Supreme Court. The court which only imparts justice for the powerful, the rich, and the bankers, only causes problems for democracy.”

Andrew McCarthy:

Wouldn’t Want to Meddle in the Internal Affairs of Other Countries . . . except, of course, Israel and now . . . Honduras. A military coup appears to have ousted the Leftist government of Honduras, so the Obama administration has wasted no time joining Hugo Chàvez in condemning it. Further details here.

Right, because Obama sets one impossibly high standard for U.S allies and an unbelievably low standard for governments with an avowed hatred of the U.S. The standard isn’t based on the foreign government’s actual conduct. The standard is based on the government’s relations with the U.S. Perversely, Obama rewards governments that hate us or even threaten us. Needless to say, this is not a rational basis for U.S. foreign policy.

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