“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
~Edmund Burke

Earlier in the day, I thought of doing this post, then I decided I wanted to stay away from political posts. This evening, I came up with an entirely different idea for a post. Then, I heard the above quote used on tonight’s rerun of NCIS, and I thought, well, maybe this is important enough that I should write about it.

And, so here we are.

So, as reported in the media, last week there was a military coup in Honduras. The president was swept away in the middle of the night and shipped off to Costa Rica with a warning not to come back.

Since then, people like Chavez, Nortega, Castro, Obama and Hillary Clinton have decried the military coup and demanded the ousted president be returned to office.

Of course, we should know better than to listen to the likes of Chavez, Nortega and Castro. What an extraordinary group Obama and Hillary have chosen to align themselves with!

But, was there really a military coup? Well, there’s a whole other side to the story. Apparently, it goes something like this…

First, now-former President Zelaya of Honduras wanted to hold a referendum to amend the country’s constitution so that he could extend his term of office. The Honduran Supreme Court ruled such a referendum to be illegal and unconstitutional. Zelaya’s party, the attorney general and the Honduran Congress all agreed.

Nevertheless, Zelaya ordered the commander of the Honduras armed forces to distribute the ballots for the referendum. The General, knowing it was an illegal act, refused to comply. Zelaya fired him. The armed forces still refused to comply with his illegal order. The Supreme Court demanded the General be reinstated; Zelaya refused.

Zelaya continued efforts to hold his illegal referendum. Given that he was continuing to violate the law, the military stepped up and removed him from power. They let him pack his things and sent him on his way.

Then, a member of Zelaya’s own political party, Roberto Micheletti, stepped up as President, the illegally fired General was re-instated, and the country went about its business.

Meanwhile, of course, the deposed wannabe dictator cried about a “coup.” And the main stream media fell for it. And Obama and Hillary Clinton fell for it.

And, despite the fact that he willfully ignored Honduran law and apparently abused his powers, the international community is trying to pressure Honduras into taking him back. And, our own President is among them. Wow.

Think of it this way, if we had impeached our President (whether it be Bush or Clinton or whoever), convicted him and forced him from office, would we appreciate the international community putting pressure on us to reinstate him?

For more, you can check out “Today, We Are All Hondurans” and “Honduras Hopes Obama Butts Out” both of which had excellent summations from which I was able to form the chain of events.

“The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.”
~Edmund Burke

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