"One Little Hour" » Honduras

Well, now that we know the truth…

paulmatzko — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:50:15 +0000

…I’m just going to have to change my stance towards Manuel Zelaya. After all, “his throat is sore from toxic gases and “Israeli mercenaries” are torturing him with high-frequency radiation.”

I rarely laugh out loud at work, but this article elicited some good humor.

Obviously Zelaya has an over-active imagination, but I find it interesting that he chose to blame “Israeli mercenaries.” He could’ve chosen Chavez’s favorite whipping boy, America. But instead he chose to blame the Jews.

This is a relatively insignificant example of widespread anti-semitic sentiment among various leftist movements in Latin and South America. It doesn’t get reported by the MSM, but some of these guys are good ol’ fashioned Protocols of the Elders of Zion-style racists. You know the type, all foaming at the mouth about Jewish financiers who purposefully destroyed the global economy.

[Add. 10/5/09] – Looks like I’m not the only one who noticed.

Let’s Bully Honduras!

paulmatzko — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:31:28 +0000

The Obama administration has escalated US intervention in Hondura’s defense of their constitutional democracy. We have thrown in with the lot of Hugo Chavez to do our best to force Honduras to accept its deposed President despite new analysis which shows that the Honduras operated constitutionally in removing said President from power.

Apparently Obama’s low opinion of constitutional procedure isn’t limited by national borders…

[Addendum 9/23]: The WSJ deserves a prize. If violence worsens in Honduras, they called the blood on Obama’s hands well in advance.

[Addendum 10/14]: Go Jim DeMint!

Honduras

paulmatzko — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:22:41 +0000

I just noticed two articles on Drudge about the situation in the Honduras. The first is from the opinion section of the Wall Street Journal and appears to give the lie to claims that it is an undemocratic coup. I’m sure more details will come to light over the next couple days, but if the outline given by the WSJ essay is legitimate then Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are guilty of gross negligence (per Reuters release).

It’s one thing to be embarassingly slow to respond (ie the Iranian elections; here’s a blistering opinion of Obama’s mishandling of Iran in general), but it’s on another magnitude to hedge on the side of the Chavistas! The whole “it’s a coup, but we’re not going to officially call it a coup” bit… I get playing the middle, but I’m afraid that Mr. Obama is going to find out that if you do it too often you just end up with both sides upset at you.

Addendum (7/5): Another good article from Slate.

Addendum (7/14): O’Grady with a revealing essay at WSJ.

Addendum (7/25): I told you so Mr. Obama.

Addendum (8/3): A lack of change you can believe in.