tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341954168256070610.post322233213462326630..comments2023-09-12T01:15:08.356-07:00Comments on Honduras Coup 2009: Anselem's Statement Creates Problems for LlorensRAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00097415587406899236noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341954168256070610.post-73636451789264474002009-09-30T13:01:15.309-07:002009-09-30T13:01:15.309-07:00Thats why I've concluded they don't want t...Thats why I've concluded they don't want the restoral of "democracy". They want the restoral of the <i>status quo</i>. A representative democracy of the type Honduras has now is not threatening to them; the kind Zelaya was proposing, with actual accountability to the population, is threatening.RNShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197289255196253989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341954168256070610.post-65420052195484373992009-09-30T11:42:56.642-07:002009-09-30T11:42:56.642-07:00I have a name for what the State Department is doi...I have a name for what the State Department is doing: dope-plomacy. <br /><br />Tiempo is reporting that the OAS met for 10 hours to argue over whether the expulsion of their own representatives should be "regretted" or "condemned." And Anselem insulted the Nicaraguan ambassador. <br /><br />This is beyond stupidity.<br /><br />--Charles of MercuryRisingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341954168256070610.post-19050914415375230812009-09-30T11:06:08.297-07:002009-09-30T11:06:08.297-07:00It is the complete silence of the President, the S...It is the complete silence of the President, the Secretary of State, and the rest of the State Department about the repressive acts of the coup regime that gave Amb. Amselem the green light. His characterization of Zelaya's return as reckless was no different than Sec. Clinton's in early July except in degree -- Amselem accompanied it with more personal insults.<br /><br />Amselem has actively worked since August to prevent an OAS declaration against recognition of the Nov. 29 elections. He was not doing so on his own, and (after publication of Mark Weisbrot's article on <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/aug/21/honduras-coup-us-foreign-policy" rel="nofollow">Aug. 21</a>) was not doing so in secret. <br /><br />Yet there are those who want us to believe that he's some kind of rogue operative out of this administration's control. I'm not buying. He is clearly a problem, but the Secretary of State has allowed him to be one, as has the White House generally -- having spent no political capital whatsoever for any of the appointees whose confirmations are being held up by the party of No.Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01969732734453586544noreply@blogger.com