Unless we keep this before the public eye (since the press sure isn’t doing so), I wouldn’t be in the least surprised if Obama tries to order our troops to reinstall Zelaya. I don’t think he’d dare to do it if whatever remains of a free press (mostly talk radio and bloggers) keeps shouting about what’s really going on. He’ll continue to try to punish Honduras, but not with our troops.
Of course, if he does order them out, I don’t know what would happen. I can’t imagine that they would defy him but perhaps he’s not really sure what would happen, either, and this may hold him back.
I think it’s one of the reasons he’s trying to build his own personal army (in the guise of these youth “volunteer” programs) and also replace as many people as possible in the regular military, particularly through pushing “diversity” appointments. He wants a military that is loyal to him personally.
A man holds a constitution of Honduras as demonstrators opposed to Honduras President Manuel Zelaya, protest in Tegucigalpa, Friday, June 26, 2009. President Manuel Zelaya is promoting a Sunday referendum on constitutional changes that has plunged the country into crisis by setting the president at odds with the military, the courts and the legislature that have branded the vote illegal. (Photo/Esteban Felix)