Moonlight Graham Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Any thoughts on the recent coup in Honduras? Interesting reaction by Obama on the coup & his support for peaceful reinstatement of the ousted President: U.S. President Barack Obama said from Moscow early Tuesday that the United States backed Zelaya's reinstatement "even though he has strongly opposed American policies." He said the U.S. position reflected his government's commitment to the "universal principle that people should choose their own leaders." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuzadd Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 (edited) yah, obama is full of baloney, since the US is behind the coup. What with two school of american graduates working the coup. Also Obama did not formally condemn the coup and is still sending aid money to the Honduran government, that means the one that conducted the coup all in all nothing new in US policy the US conducted a similar coup in Haiti, under Bush. nothing new under the sun oh and for bush/cheney yah, canada helped with that one Edited July 9, 2009 by kuzadd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuzadd Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Does the US back the Honduran coup? The Obama administration's condemnation of the coup in Honduras has been lukewarm compared to the rest of the world School of the Americas-Trained Military Detains and Expels Democratically-Elected President Zelaya Vasquez, along with other military leaders, graduated from the United States' infamous School of the Americas (SOA). According to a School of the Americas Watch database compiled from information obtained from the US government, Vasquez studied in the SOA at least twice: once in 1976 and again in 1984.The School of the Americas has a long, tortured history in Honduras. According to School of the Americas Watch, "In 1975, SOA Graduate General Juan Melgar Castro became the military dictator of Honduras. From 1980-1982 the dictatorial Honduran regime was headed by yet another SOA graduate, Policarpo Paz Garcia, who intensified repression and murder by Battalion 3-16, one of the most feared death squads in all of Latin America (founded by Honduran SOA graduates with the help of Argentine SOA graduates)."Honduran Gen. Humberto Regalado Hernandez was inducted into the SOA's Hall of Fame. School of the Americas Watch notes that he was a four-time graduate. As head of the armed forces, he refused to take action against soldiers invovled in the Battalion 3-16 death squad. School of the Americas Watch points out that this is not the first time the SOA has been involved in Latin American coups. "In April 2002, the democratically elected Chavez government of Venezuela was briefly overthrown, and the School of the Americas-trained [soldiers] Efrain Vasquez Velasco, ex-army commander, and Gen. Ramirez Poveda, were key players in the coup attempt." According to School of the Americas Watch, "Over its 58 years, the SOA has trained over 60,000 Latin American soldiers in counter-insurgency techniques, sniper skills, commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation tactics. Colombia, with over 10,000 troops trained at the school, is the SOA's largest customer. Colombia currently has the worst human rights record in Latin America." U.S. Condemns Honduran CoupStill, Administration Steps Lightly The United States government was holding off on formally branding it a coup, which would trigger a cutoff of millions of dollars in aid Asked whether it was a U.S. priority to see Zelaya reinstalled, Clinton said: "We haven't laid out any demands that we're insisting on, because we're working with others on behalf of our ultimate objectives." working with others on behalf of our objectives??? so who are the "others"??? what are the US objectives??? John D. Negroponte, a former senior State Department official and ambassador to Honduras, said Clinton's remarks appeared to reflect U.S. reluctance to see Zelaya returned unconditionally to power. the US does not want Zelaya, the democratically elected leader of Honduras to return "unconditionally" to power. Who is setting the conditions??? Shouldn't it be the hondurans, who elected this man?? The coup has US fingerprints all over it. Viva democracy, especially the imaginary kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Dancer Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 yah, obama is full of baloney, since the US is behind the coup. That clown Chavez tried that line and got a sound tongue lashing from his peers.....but really, what's with the fruitcake left and their unconditional support of mini pop dictators? Had it been a conservative politician try to unilateraly change the constitution so he cold rule forever and at the same time be implicated in the narco gangs the nutbars would be all over it demanding the people rise.....oinstead it's an american hating left wing drug lord and so when rules the Honduran Supreme court against him and the army steps in to enforce the court...welll It's america's fault. Truly laughable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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