02 July 2009

u.s. backing honduran coup, updated

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Welcome RAW STORY visitors. Sorry, if Dragg, my unfriendly cyber-stalker has inconvenienced you. The gig here is that you click the image for the piece I'm referencing, usually. That's not always immediately apparent to some. If you'd like to see what else I have on the Honduran coup, here you go. Thanks for stopping by.

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I'd like to remind you that Uribe -- who got his constitution changed just as Zelaya was attempting to do -- was meeting with the president as he was refusing to meet with Zelaya or any of the other Latin American presidents asking for meetings. I'd like to remind you that while the OAS and UN have made tough resolutions against this coup and withdrawn ambassadors and sanctions start on Saturday if Zelaya is not restored, we have only broken off joint military operations and our ambassador is hosting Mrs. Zelaya. We're "concerned" and we don't recognize the new government, but are not about to be harsh about it or anything.

And Jeremy Scahill would like to remind you why President Zelaya's actions were legal....

Al Jazeera's latest....

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State Department press conference call, making it clear as mud... sounding as though it supports Zelaya, but never saying that, just stuff about constitutional government for Honduras....
[State Department Official] We think that President Zelaya’s decision to postpone his earlier decision to return to Honduras on Thursday was a wise one. It’s important that the OAS be given an opportunity to engage in its diplomatic initiative to try to create a space so that President Zelaya’s return brings with it a peaceful restoration of democratic and constitutional order.
Honestly, Hillary or Joe could just get on a plane with Zelaya and deposit him back where he belongs, and that would be an end to it. If they're calling it a coup, and the OAS and UN are behind Zelaya's reinstatement, there just is NO impediment to doing the right thing.

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