Posted on 07/03/2009 3:42:27 PM PDT by Starman417
Never a word from the Obama regime about Venezuela's threat to invade Honduras and restore Chavez crony and fellow usurper Zelaya to power, but there is no lack of volume in Obama’s actions. Instead of facing Venezuela with a palm turned “stop,” Obama is pointedly walking away. AP headline: “U.S. halts military operations with Honduras to protest coup.”
This is not just some planned military exercise that has been cancelled. Honduras is a close military ally and a base of operations for the United States in Central America. We will continue to use our bases, but as of now, the Hondurans are on their own.
Obama knows better than anyone that the arrest of Zeyala was completely legal and was not a coup
When AP calls the military arrest of Zeyala a “coup,” they are just following Obama, but the Obama regime was fully informed all along of the details of Zeyala's attempted usurpation and fought vigorously to forstall his arrest:
The official, who spoke on the condition that he not be named, said the U.S. Embassy in Honduras was “consistently and almost constantly engaged in the last several weeks working with partners” and that U.S. officials were “in contact with all Honduran institutions, including the military.”
What were the Hondurans telling Obama? That the Honduran constitution REQUIRED the arrest of a president who tries to engineer a second term, and that it specifically empowers the Honduran Supreme Court to issue to the Honduran military an arrest warrant in such a case. Honduran Supreme Court justice Rosalinda Cruz describes how Zeyala had already started illegally shutting down checks and balances and how his arrest was immediately necessary to stop him from usurping the Honduran democracy:
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This is unreal.
and Krauthammer is worried about Sarah Palin's foreign policy expertise? I'm sure that Sarah would have gotten this one right from the getgo.
Baby Hugo is going to look like an even bigger buffoon wearing that Che’ beret with his Che’ T-shirt.
Paper Tiger Obama Osama
He will rue the day that he lets Chavez invade a sovereign country.
So Saddam attacked Kuaitt and we went in and helped the Kuaitt people.
Will 0 help if Chevy attacks another country? I’m guessing chevy would lose in a fair fight anyway.
Wouldn’t in be interesting if a unknown group took out Chavez’s oil facilities?
I’m a pretty good shot. If they’ll fly me down I’ll help fight for Honduras... I might need a translator though...
We all know what’s driving this.
Obama laid down the law and Honduras acted in accordance with their constitution.
Obama is furious and will do anything to get even, even if that damages U. S. strategic standing.
This guy is a real son of a bitch.
If Honduras gets invaded, and Obama sits on his ass, he may end up with a little military coup of his own.
And if the media fails to cover this for what it is, it is high time we start labeling the media as an enemy of the United States, and start taking appropriate corrective actions.
When America’s lamp of freedom goes dark, the world turns into chaos.
Yes! Literally.
Hussein The Inept is going to get a lot of Americans and allies killed
Obozo can “tease the dragons tail” of the citizens just so long.
Eventually, he will not like the reaction when it comes.
“This is unreal.”
It sure is, but the “electorate” loves democrats and they’ll probably elect more of them.
IMHO
Failure to abide by treaty obligations is a great way to start a general war.
Wow, the lengths some chicago thugs will go to in order to keep their supply of cocaine flowing.
Paper Tiger would presume that Obama is going to feign some kind of opposition to Chavez invading Honduras. I'm not so sure that Obama wouldn't help, at least with logistical support. And, I also wouldn't be surprised if Obama helped craft a UN resolution supporting what Chavez would do.
I used to think Obama was a socialist. Now, I'm fairly confident that he's a Marxist, just like his little buddy Hugo.
Tuesday November 4, 2008. A day that will live in infamy.
I’d like to see what would happen if Honduras kicked Chavez’ ass.
The media, the courts, Hollywood, academia, Congress, the White House, you name it. Who's not an enemy these days? Eventually (say about next Tuesday) we'll have so many enemies that it'll be us getting corrected.
US will need to help Chavez in this
That is what I’m afraid of. Reality has taken a dimensional turn.
I thought Rahm “Dead Fish” Emanuel doesn’t like to waste a crisis...?
He'll build up in Nicaragua first (which he is already doing). They've already begun integrating as part of a joint Latin American "defense" force since last January.
In order to survive, it may be necessary to do a preemptive strike against their military. Technically, this will be an act of war on the part of the Hondurans, but since they've already got the US and UN against them they don't really have anything to lose.
Logically, they are too poor to win a traditional fight. Their best approach is the use of assassination teams to decapitate their opponents government, and perhaps the use of chemical weapons against enemy population centers as a tit-for-tat for any Honduran cities that suffer civilian casualties, since any traditional bombing approach would be outside their capability.
Honduras can win this war, but it will be very bloody unless they can get off a few early assassinations to end it prematurely or unless the coke fiends in charge of their oppressors back down.
Ortega will let him base his invasion from Nicaragua.
Who will fight for Honduras? Would Columbia help them against Nicaragua/Venezuela/Cuba? What about the great power of Mexico? Its all talk.
Actually, Columbia, yeah. Chavez is scared to death of them. Zero would never try to collect their help, though, because he wants Chavez to win. We are witness to the very first international “throwing under the bus.”
Honduras may not do too badly on its own. While Venezuela strongly outguns Honduras, Venezuela is a long way away, and Chavez has been letting his armed forces go to seed, having the attention span of a drunken hummingbird.
This means a threat from Nicaragua would be more tangible. However, Nicaragua has no appreciable air force, so any attack force would have to be a ground force. But between Honduras’ F-5E fighters and its Cessna A-37 Dragonflies, any ground force would be shredded without air cover.
To mount a successful invasion of Honduras would therefore require not just the Venezuelans and the Nicaraguans, but likewise command and control from Cuba. And while Obama may be fine with that, I’m pretty sure that the US Navy would shoot first and ask permission later, even if a few ship’s Captains were relieved by his leftishness.
Don’t forget the Contras.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contras
General Singlaub and his merry men
We need to change the lyrics to CSN&Y song “ Four dead in Ohio,” to Hundreds dead and missing in iran, possible war in Chavezville/Honduras and our cINc’s dopey decisions that would astound a clown at his international imbalances never even the f%$# mind for a second the junk he’s pulled and pulling right here in the US of A.
This would be a great opportunity for Columbia to attack Chavez. But do they have the guts?
Honduras we have 5 of 10 Olympic snipers and 50 F-16 and 50 F-14 we buy from Lockheed in Texas and we have joint base with USA. Look up 1969 war with El Salvador, they not mes with us anymore. Not one solider come down parachute not missing piece of body. We have HUGE AMERICAN BASE here, billion dollar base. We love America, but your news es “comprado, pagado y falso”. Obama make many enemy with 90+% of Honduran people and all right Latin countrie with stance, he only want buy vote like Chavez try to buy vote for Zelaya. Telemundo have video of ballots, video of Chavez today tell Obama what to do, show drug evidence for Zelaya. Is online Univision also, Latin TV has good coverage, English TV no. Also, Brazil support us, this is huge.
Colombia, Panama hate Chavez. He not go by land. He go by ego.
Great quote!!!
Hondurans have “Tea Party” tomorrow. Honduras Today online have report total 7.1 million ready without draft. All Hondurans we are short people. Tico Times show that of 3.7 millione people in Costa Rica, 1.6 million son de Nicarauga. Nicaragua very, very poor like Bolivia y Cuba all same communists. El Salvador like Japan and US after war, things get better, we need them. Panama, Brazil, Uruguay, Peru friend. Guatemala also, Belize is nothing to help. See picture of Honduras here: http://www.destination360.com/central-america/honduras/images/s/san-pedro-sula.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:San_pedro_centro.jpg and http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/7074393.jpg is new mall here. Please come to visit us!
Remember that Jimmy Carter sold out both Nicaragua and Iran. Obama can be counted on for nothing, except to order the US military to not interfere. And the Democrats betrayed the US military in Vietnam, and betrayed the South Vietnamese to their enemies.
While the US military would not want to betray Honduras, and could not be ordered to do so, Obama stands with Zelaya, and Chavez, and Ortega, and Castro, not democracy and not freedom. When there is critical need, he will not help.
He may even give aid to Honduras’ enemies.
Love you guys, but you don't have any F-14s.
We love America, but your news es “comprado, pagado y falso”.
Yeah; we know. Sorry about that; things are a bit weird in the US now that we have a crackhead as a president and a media that worships him as a messiah.
Please tell you're people that we still support them. This is just our government being stupid, not the American people (well, most of them anyway).
Oh, and they try to invade from Nicaragua, can I have the Corn Islands if Daniel Ortega were to mysteriously disappear? You know, just in case something like that were to happen...
Sorry for the numerous typos and errors; you’re = your, missing if, etc.
Colombia would help Honduras, I think. Chavez is a real thorn in their side. Not much help from her CentAm neighbors. We have to remember that El Salvador now has a commie president and he’ll support whatever Chavez/Castro/Obama want to do.
God bless Hondurans. Good luck.
I make mistake, we have 15 say my friend, not 50. Sound the same. I speak better Chinese than English. Yes, we buy some planes (he works for BAE) in person in Texas in Fort Worth in 1994. We have big airshow here with president when he return. What planes are they, we see them very loud at air show here. You have many, many American planes here too, I probably confused. I not say I am right when I not right like president or you think I am crazy more than solo bad English.
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