Comments on: I Can Haz Diplomacy? (Honduras Edition) http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/10/30/i-can-haz-diplomacy-honduras-edition/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Amused Observer http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/10/30/i-can-haz-diplomacy-honduras-edition/#comment-188457 Amused Observer Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:28:59 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17332#comment-188457 Honduras did the right thing to prevent the possibility of a El Presidente for life. This was hardly the military coup that Ollie and the others posting here are portraying it to be. Venezuela not too long ago had a president bound by term limits, but no more. Honduras was facing the same sort of threat that Venezuela faced with Chavez. They dealt with it through the appropriate legal channels and were rebuffed by the likes of Chavez and Obama. Obama differs from Chavez in degree not kind. It was surprising to see him back Zelaya but he did. Obama's forign policy has a noticible slant towards backing left wing socialists like Venezuela's Chavez in his efforts to turn Honduras and backing away from supporting emerging democracies such as Poland. The same patterns emerge in his policies towards the mideast. Iran will get the bomb under his watch unless Israel takes the direct action we are too chickenshit to pursue. Honduras did the right thing to prevent the possibility of a El Presidente for life. This was hardly the military coup that Ollie and the others posting here are portraying it to be. Venezuela not too long ago had a president bound by term limits, but no more. Honduras was facing the same sort of threat that Venezuela faced with Chavez. They dealt with it through the appropriate legal channels and were rebuffed by the likes of Chavez and Obama.

Obama differs from Chavez in degree not kind. It was surprising to see him back Zelaya but he did. Obama’s forign policy has a noticible slant towards backing left wing socialists like Venezuela’s Chavez in his efforts to turn Honduras and backing away from supporting emerging democracies such as Poland. The same patterns emerge in his policies towards the mideast. Iran will get the bomb under his watch unless Israel takes the direct action we are too chickenshit to pursue.

]]> By: El Cid http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/10/30/i-can-haz-diplomacy-honduras-edition/#comment-188448 El Cid Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:47:07 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17332#comment-188448 It'll take a long time, but hopefully someday the Honduran people will succeed in substantively dismantling their repressive and death-squad riddled military which has repeatedly carried out coups d'etat throughout Honduras' history; however, this clear setback for a military-backed coup is certainly a helpful step forward in halting the Honduran legacy of a "thin veneer" of a civilian government atop an ever watchful military establishment. It’ll take a long time, but hopefully someday the Honduran people will succeed in substantively dismantling their repressive and death-squad riddled military which has repeatedly carried out coups d’etat throughout Honduras’ history; however, this clear setback for a military-backed coup is certainly a helpful step forward in halting the Honduran legacy of a “thin veneer” of a civilian government atop an ever watchful military establishment.

]]> By: daniel rotter http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/10/30/i-can-haz-diplomacy-honduras-edition/#comment-188411 daniel rotter Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:10:30 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17332#comment-188411 No conservative, of course, ever "sided" with Pinochet (dictator). No conservative, of course, ever “sided” with Pinochet (dictator).

]]> By: william http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/10/30/i-can-haz-diplomacy-honduras-edition/#comment-188404 william Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:37:39 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17332#comment-188404 Siding with dictators and wanna-be dictators seems par for the course for this administration. Siding with dictators and wanna-be dictators seems par for the course for this administration.

]]> By: Chris K. http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/10/30/i-can-haz-diplomacy-honduras-edition/#comment-188387 Chris K. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:03:28 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17332#comment-188387 Oliver, Bush was all kinds of awful but how can you say that under Bush's watch this would be an insurgency? You think Bush would have sent troops? C'mon. Oliver,

Bush was all kinds of awful but how can you say that under Bush’s watch this would be an insurgency?

You think Bush would have sent troops?

C’mon.

]]> By: jr http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/10/30/i-can-haz-diplomacy-honduras-edition/#comment-188383 jr Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:55:11 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17332#comment-188383 Roberto Micheletti's Pinochet act was getting stale Roberto Micheletti’s Pinochet act was getting stale

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