Where's a palestinian when you need one?
Posted on 07/04/2009 9:57:18 PM PDT by maccaca
Mr. Zelaya, a Stetson hat-wearing leftist who is close allies to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, told Venezuela's state-run Telesur television network that he planned to fly to Honduras on Sunday along with Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner and Ecuador's Rafael Correa, also leftists. "We will arrive at the international airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras with several presidents, (and) members of international organizations," Mr. Zelaya told Caracas-based station Telesur, according to the Associated Press. The country's acting leaders, however, don't appear to be bluffing about arresting the president if he returns. In the days after he was sent packing to Costa Rica by Honduras' military, the provisional government has accused Mr. Zelaya of multiple crimes, from treason to drug trafficking. If Mr. Zelaya returns, the chances of a violent confrontation appeared high. Responding to a call by the ousted president, thousands of his supporters turned up at the Tegucigalpa airport to show their support. Honduras' influential Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez, the highest ranking Catholic Church official in the country, went on national television to urge the exiled president not to come back. "We think that a return to the country at this time could unleash a bloodbath in the country," Cardinal Rodriguez said. "To this day, no Honduran has died. Please meditate because afterwards it would be too late." The prelate also criticized Mr. Zelaya, suggesting the Church was throwing its weight behind the provisional government. "The day of your swearing in, you clearly quoted the three commandments of the sacred law of God: Not to lie, not to steal, and not to kill," said the Cardinal, who was seen as a leading candidate to succeed the late Pope John Paul II.
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This is not a Coup this is an attempt to stop the dismantling of a legitimate constitution by a power hungry leftist. He was warned by the Unicameral Legislature and the Supreme Court not to attempt an illegal election and he did it anyway,. He is lucky that he wasn't put on trial for treason and hung.
Lock them all up!
It wouldn’t be the first time US military troops are used to install a leftist dictator.... Haiti ring a bell?
Where's a palestinian when you need one?
I think Obama would look stupid using American military power to bring Zelaya back.
I think the strategy for now is to use intimidation and economic sanctions to bring Honduras back towards the Chavez fold.
Chavez can funnel guns, bombs and thugs through Nicaragua to help destabilize Honduras.
Refuse entry into their airspace...
What! No paragraphs? What’s up with that?
Zelaya gained legitimacy from Obama’s idiot comments and the world felt comfortable piling on after that.
I hope Honduras stays strong!
Coup here? Not a chance. Obama could use our troops in Honduras with ease. He is the Commmander in Chief. The cover story would be shouted from every state-run media outlet, and objections would go unreported.
WE HAVE NO FREAR LEFTIST OAS.
(we need freedom loving americans, please send your emails at ranger75rgt@hotmail.com, or use it for some messenger chat)
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well Zelaya says he has the people on his side. if he has enought cash to pay, he does.
BUT the most part of the people doesn’t want him.
I like the new honduran Supreme Court a.k.a. OAS
I assume that Mr. Zelaya will be arrested as planned, and the remaining uninvited and delusional leftists ordered to remain on the aircraft and fly out to any destination of their choice other than Honduras.
Having stopped an attempted coup, the legitimate government of Honduras, as any other sovereign country, can still exclude anyone it pleases from its sovereign territory.
It's almost Sunday here in California. I may stay up to see what happens.
sorry i meant FEAR
I agree but allmighty OAS has ruled that the Supreme Court is nothing and that Zelaya is the good one. It is a shame because Insulza has the papers with the proofs of the crimes and still only recognizes the will of Ego Chavez.
You are right: There is a lot of fear and paralysis. Many of us sense it. The darkness seems so thick right now. Independence Day, as Hondurans prepare to fight for their freedom in favor of a policy the U.S. opposes, did not seem American or right.
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