And then there's Honduras.....
Our president, Mr. Obama, has acted swiftly and harshly to the news that Honduras' democratically-elected, lame-duck president Manuel Zelaya has been ousted by a military coup in that country. A coup that apparently the Congress and Supreme Court of Honduras support and encouraged.
Granted, Zelaya was democratically elected and defeated, to be replaced in 5 months time, but he is also big buds with the likes of Fidel Castro, Daniel Noriega, and Hugo Chavez. He has apparently taken his presidency to mean that he can freely edit and rewrite parts of the Honduran Constitution that were not to his liking. He is friendly with and encourages drug smugglers to make their runs through Honduras. And has generally not shown much concern that his country is and remains the poorest in Central America. He is not a popular figure in Honduras, needless to say.
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Along with President Obama, many countries and the OAS have decided that their tactic to get him reinstated will be to further economically and financially impair Honduras and its people. They are after all the poorest of the poor in Central America already. Why not make it even worse for these already suffering people?
Why is this such a huge concern of Pres. Obama's? Why are we feeling so free about meddling in their business?
We see now that he CAN act swiftly and harshly, so why couldn't he have shown some of that a couple weeks ago, or even now, toward Iran?
Are y'all ready for a sizeable new wave of illegal immigrants because they'll be coming? Hondurans are already quite well represented where I live, but I am betting on a big influx in the next couple of months. And it won't be the rich or well-educated. It will be the poor and the gangs. And we all know how porous our southern border is, thanks to Pres. Obama.
Granted, Zelaya was democratically elected and defeated, to be replaced in 5 months time, but he is also big buds with the likes of Fidel Castro, Daniel Noriega, and Hugo Chavez. He has apparently taken his presidency to mean that he can freely edit and rewrite parts of the Honduran Constitution that were not to his liking. He is friendly with and encourages drug smugglers to make their runs through Honduras. And has generally not shown much concern that his country is and remains the poorest in Central America. He is not a popular figure in Honduras, needless to say.
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Along with President Obama, many countries and the OAS have decided that their tactic to get him reinstated will be to further economically and financially impair Honduras and its people. They are after all the poorest of the poor in Central America already. Why not make it even worse for these already suffering people?
Why is this such a huge concern of Pres. Obama's? Why are we feeling so free about meddling in their business?
We see now that he CAN act swiftly and harshly, so why couldn't he have shown some of that a couple weeks ago, or even now, toward Iran?
Are y'all ready for a sizeable new wave of illegal immigrants because they'll be coming? Hondurans are already quite well represented where I live, but I am betting on a big influx in the next couple of months. And it won't be the rich or well-educated. It will be the poor and the gangs. And we all know how porous our southern border is, thanks to Pres. Obama.
