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danyjoncew in ontd_political

In which the mess continues to be messy

Jun 30, 2009 17:15

UN backs Honduras leader's return

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honduras, latin america, united nations

Comments 7

worldmage June 30 2009, 21:58:20 UTC

Ugh. Talk about a situation with no good answers. The president's a douchebag and needs to be kicked out of office, but has there ever been a coup that ended BEFORE a long and ugly period of military dictatorship? Both options blow. :(

thebigbadbutch June 30 2009, 22:11:16 UTC

No mustaches?

danyjoncew June 30 2009, 22:32:36 UTC

He clearly dislikes the Mario empire in the Video Game world. Or, you know, maybe he doesn't like him: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=manuel%20zelaya&sa=N&tab=wi&um=1 .

star_riku June 30 2009, 22:46:00 UTC

I definitely think it's the former.

stellaglam June 30 2009, 23:16:51 UTC

An unpopular democratically elected president is still the democratically elected president. And the elite in Honduras would do well in remembering it...

perfectisafault July 1 2009, 00:35:23 UTC

Good for Obama for supporting democracy in a region where the majority of the population doesn't view the US in a good light (and with good reason) and a region where the US has worked to undermine democracy in the past.

And even if the president was a giant ass, that's no reason for a coup. Do things the democratic way and impeach him if he's really that terrible.

danyjoncew July 1 2009, 00:55:07 UTC

Yup, after that lame answer to the Chilean reporter, I'm glad to read this, even if the US took a bit longer than other countries. And whoever gives this administration a hard time over this because they're agreeing with ~Chávez and Castro~ in his "support" of a cReIzEh man, is pretty delusional.