This whole thing is just so mind-numbingly depressing.
As ham-handed and undignified as the actual mechanics of Zelaya’s ouster may have been, that ouster was quite lawful, per the constitution of Honduras. It was none of the US’ business. For Barack “I will not meddle in the affairs of other nations” Obama to take so mystifyingly strong a position on the matter is baffling in the extreme. If this was some way to curry favor with Chavez, ahead of some ill-conceived attempt at a future rapprochement, then this POTUS is even more short-sighted and perilously green than…well *everything* he’s done so far has indicated.
Probably the most dismal spectacle in all this has been the repellent equivalences drawn between the hordes of moochers shrieking for the return of their would-be Honduran Jefe, and the tragically and brutally suppressed demonstrators against the election-stealing theocrats in Iran. The two situations could not be more different, and the failure to see that is yet another mark against the critical thinking faculties of the transnational Left.
I most fervently hope that this matter can be resolved in a manner which preserves the sovereignty of Honduras and avoids any further bloodshed. But if that transpires, it will be no thanks to execrable greenhorn at the helm of this Nation.
