Sneer Quote-O-Rama!
Honduras’ “illegitimate” “ruler,” “installed” by a “military coup” that put an “illegal” “junta” in place, “flouts” his “disregard” for the Honduran Constitution and the rule of law:
Regarding the decision to expel Mr. Zelaya from the country the evening of June 28 without a trial, reasonable people can believe the situation could have been handled differently. But it is also necessary to understand the decision in the context of genuine fear of Mr. Zelaya’s proven willingness to violate the law and to engage in mob-led violence.
The way forward is to work with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. He is proposing ways to ensure that Mr. Zelaya complies with Honduras’s laws and its constitution and allows the people of Honduras to elect a new president in the regularly scheduled Nov. 29 elections (or perhaps earlier, if the date is moved up as President Arias has suggested and as Honduran law allows).
If all parties reach agreement to allow Mr. Zelaya to return to Honduras—a big “if”—we believe that he cannot be trusted to comply with the law and therefore it is our position that he must be prosecuted with full due process.
Wow, how utterly and completely “unreasonable.” Clearly, the “coup” must be reversed, and this would-be “dictator” must be removed, in compliance with the wishes of “cooler,” “wiser,” and more “democratic” world leaders like Chavez, Castro, and Obama.
Man, if I just ditched the sarcastic quote-marks, I could write for the NYT.
Update! Obama ‘N’ Pals:
Mr. Zelaya had means, motive and opportunity to destroy the country’s democratic institutions and was moving to do so. If he succeeded, he could have consolidated power in the manner of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and turned the country into a police state. Mr. Obama’s insistence that Mr. Zelaya be restored to power has strengthened the image of an arrogant and patronizing Uncle Sam disconnected from the region’s reality.
Hondurans might be more amenable to an Obama democracy lecture if the U.S. showed any interest in standing up to Mr. Chávez and his antidemocratic allies or any grasp of the dangers they present. Instead, since taking office in January the American president has embraced the region’s bad actors only to be subsequently embarrassed by revelations that his new “friends” are actually enemies of liberty and peace.
Obama, embarrassed? Surely you jest; he’s opposed to liberty and Constitutional government himself. Read on to see just what sort of dictator-fellating, left-wing dirtbag Obama’s getting his advice from. I promise, you won’t be at all surprised.
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