rssHouse Foreign Affairs Chairman: It Was a Coup in Honduras
Thursday, September 03, 2009 at 9:21 am
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Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), writing in the Los Angeles Times, is tired of euphemistic language about the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya:
This one looks, walks and quacks like a duck. It’s time to stop hedging and call this bird what it is. And if, for whatever reason, the State Department lawyers do not conclude that this was a coup, Congress should examine other ways by which it can directly affect the flow of aid.
Berman’s GOP counterpart on the committee, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), ought to have an energetic response, as she’s defended the coup as “legal and constitutionally sound” and blasted use of the c-word as “political rhetoric.”
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4 Comments
Comment posted September 3, 2009 @ 2:22 pm
It is sad that he should make a pronouncement without knowing the Honduran constitution, and relying on MSM misinformation.
Comment posted September 3, 2009 @ 4:20 pm
Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), do you really have any idea what you are talking about? Do you have any idea what your whimsical approach to this problem is having on the millions of innocent poor people here in Honduras. I am ashamed of you and your attitude that you are taking to such an incredible country that is willing to stand up to Chavez and socialism! Where are you coming from? Where are your standards and morals? So you really want a Chevez puppet to take over Honduras as they already have in so many other countries no longer allowing personal freedoms? Where do you stand with God?
Comment posted September 3, 2009 @ 4:23 pm
If you would like to talk to a real person from the United States now living in Honduras just one of thousands of American's living here who are ashamed of the position people like you are taking, let's have a man to man discussion about it. You might just learn something about a proud country brave enough to take on Obama and teammate Chavez.
Comment posted September 3, 2009 @ 6:47 pm
It's telling when someone's argument consists of ad hominems and refernces to Hugo Chavez… Oh, and when they defend coups, too.
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