Can’t get much stupider than this:
The U.S. government threw its weight behind Arias’ proposal that Zelaya, who was (removed by constitutional means on June 28), be reinstated to set up a coalition government.
“We’re in constant contact with a number of countries in the hemisphere regarding the situation in Honduras, and we believe the Arias mediation is the right way to go, and the time is now to … resolve this issue,” State Department deputy spokesman Robert A. Wood told reporters.
“We think that this is the best (way) … to restore the constitutional order in the country, and we want to see that happen now,” he said. (Ed. Note: MSM report edited to make it true)
Uh, Woody, old buddy – the constitutional order is intact in Honduras…what would screw it up is forcibly installing a President deposed via constitutional means. We’d be installing a dictator in the name of democracy if we carried through stated US policy – even in the worst of the Carter Administration, I don’t think we ever got this short-sighted about foreign policy.
I pray the people of Honduras don’t back down – Zelaya was planning a coup designed to set up a Chavez-style dictatorship and it is simply asinine that our policy is to reward a would-be dictator.
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