Obama's "No Meddling" Policy Applies to Iran, not Honduras

By Matthew Cunningham | 06/29/09 | 03:08 PM EDT | 5 Comments

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I'm getting a clearer picture of President Obama's approach to foreign policy and America's allies and enemies.

If unarmed citizens take to the streets to protest election fraud by a despotic, terrorist-sponsoring theocracy that is a sworn enemy of the U.S., is bent on destroying Israel and is working feverishly to acquire nuclear weapons -- then President Obama watches silently for a week as the regime brutalize the protesters, before tepidly criticizing the mullahs.

But if you are a Hugo Chavez-protege president of Honduras trying to subvert your country's constitution in transparent attempt to make yourself president-for-life of a "Bolivarian Republic" of Honduras, then President Obama is johnny-on-the-spot with denunciations of the rest of the Honduran government acting to protect the legitimate constitutional order. No qualms there about perceptions the U.S. is interfering in a nation's internal affairs.

Got it.

TAGS: Barack Obama, Hugo Chavez, Zelaya, Honduras

 

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thank you for saying this. i

thank you for saying this. i thought i was the only one who noticed. we should all be very surprised. oh wait no we shouldn't! we knew full well we were electing a socialist sympathizer so where is the shock in his honduras stance?

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 06/29/09 - 05:25 PM » | Print
 
 
Kudo's Honduras Military

What is concerning is Obama is speaking up for a guy who has tried to subvert his own country's constitution, against the will of the people, his own party and supreme court. Good job on behalf of the military. I hope the day never comes when we have to do that...knock on wood. But this issue does give a perfect example of what Obama deems as an important national policy issue....and frankly its scary, very scary.

Submitted by Nadia Naffe on Mon, 06/29/09 - 06:12 PM » | Print
 
 
God bless you, you're the

God bless you, you're the only person telling the truth! The rest of the media keep lying and calling what happened in my country "a coup", IT WASN'T!!! Our corrupt ex-president violated one too many laws! He spent ALL of our money in his illegal campaigne to reign in our country forever and stablish Chavist's socialism/communism! And most of all, violating our constitution! The authorities and military did the right thing! The military didn't act on their own! Therefore IT WAS NOT A COUP! We have a president and congress and it's NOT true that there are thousands of people protesting, it's only a small leftist MINORITY, the rest of us don't want Zelaya back!

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/30/09 - 06:25 AM » | Print
 
 
OBAMA'S TRUE NATURE IS SHOWING

From mere observation, it is apparently clear that BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA has an agenda, and his Saul Alnsky training and beliefs are coming to the surface. OBAMA seems to take pride in despots like Fidel Castro, and Hugo Chavez who attained their power through "thuggery", and violence. The Law, the Constitution, and reflections of what "the people" want are denied summarily, thus giving way to pure tyranny. Democracy and Freedom are thwarted at every opportunity, and the people are then oppressed, first economically, then otherwise, whatever it takes to implement "change" to suit the dictator who is sometimes referred to as "an Authoritarian". Whatever the title, the concept is the same, control and subversion of the population, with the wealth being re-distributed to "the government".

I sincerely wonder if this is an indication of what the United States of America can come to expect in the not too distant future?

 

   

 

Submitted by FRANK COLLATT on Tue, 06/30/09 - 11:25 AM » | Print
 
 
More nuts than a box of Planters Peanuts!

Fortunately, ignorance is not contageous.  It does, however, breed more ignorance.

I guarantee you this:  Barack Obama will never be cowed again into making foreign policy statements against his better judgment.  The things he said to pacify apes like you have soured any hope of better relations with Iran.  You think the Iranians will foment a revolution?  Can I have some of what you're smoking???  You know nothing of the Iranian character, or the character of any other Muslim.  Aren't Christians always proclaiming pride before a fall?  Well 43 was such a fall.

Second, what kind of cretins support a MILITARY COUP against the elected head of a country?  Oh, I forgot, brain dead Republothinks.

What a filthy disgusting bunch of traitors you all are! 

 

Submitted by EthanQ on Wed, 07/01/09 - 04:40 AM » | Print
 

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