I’m reading all the news and reports from actual Honduran people involved. I’m also using my knowledge of Honduran political history from my time in the military, as well as refreshing myself by watching a few testimonies. So here’s my opinion about the Honduran problem (feel free to comment about it):
Zelaya became president by running with the Liberal party (in conjunction with Roberto Micheletti and other liberals) on a platform to spur capitalism. See, Honduran politics have been largely influenced by the more wealthy men, so it was no real surprise when Manuel Zelaya won. He had a lot of support of his own party, courting the strong middle and upper class voters while placating the poor.
Now, when Zelaya became increasingly more fascist/socialist – even talking to Hugo Chavez and supposedly talking to Castro – his own party began to spread the fear of him turning Honduras into a Venezuelan police state. Mostly because his policies were socialist and harmed their fat, wealthy wallets. This paranoia spread, and when Zelaya made the mistake of trying to seize power on his own with a binding resolution, the dam broke. Before the vote on the resolution, the members of the national congress pressured the Honduran supreme court to issue an order to the military to remove Zelaya from power. Which for all intents and purposes is a military coup (definition – the use or display of military force to remove an official ruling body from power).
Now, most of the people in Honduras are presently in conflict with how the entire situation was resolved, as the rest of the world. Let me say right now that I totally sympathize with the people of Honduras since it was clear that Zelaya was cooky and power-hungry. Possibly even swayed by the fascist socialists* of other nations. But at the same time, I do not condone the method in which the Liberal and Nationalist parties running the congress took to get rid of Zelaya.
- It’s disingenuous. I consider some of the wealthy politicians of Honduras pretty much like some of our wealthy politicians – fat lazy fucks who do nothing for the entire nation as long as it serves their purpose. And they did nothing for like months.
- Michelleti and the rest of the Liberal party – including people like Chancellor Ortez – totally supported Zelaya during his campaign and his earliest months. Only when they felt threatened in both their station and their wallets did they actually take any action at all.
- The lazy asses in the national congress pressured the court to use the military to remove the President, because they didn’t want to admit how WRONG they were for supporting him in the first place. Why should they get their hands dirty or admit their mistakes?
If the Hondurans want to know why the rest of the world is unhappy with the entire situation, it’s because they used the military and basically created a situation where there’s unrest and blatant abuse of power (on both sides). You can’t pull a technical military coup and expect the rest of the world that has moved on since 1970 to go, “Well, that’s okay. We condone you ignoring a democratic process.”
What’s even worse is that Obama never came out in full support of anyone, but only expressed his concern that the proper democratic process was not being followed in the Honduras. That instability and violence could break out – if not in the country, then around the country by the people who were allied to Zelaya. I’m not a fan of Obama, but he’s my president and the Chancellor Ortez goes and calls him a “negrito” and verbally abuses the rest of the Americas. How can we trust this guy or the rest of the Honduran congress not to be idiots (or fat greedy fucks) when they act like idiots?
Like I said, I sympathize with the people of Honduras who were wronged and almost taken for a ride by Zelaya. However, they are now allowing themselves to be taken for another ride by the wealthy who think that bullying the courts into using the military to get what they want without admitting they were wrong. It’s the mistake of letting your fear (of Venezuela) overpower your sensibilities, so you make the mistake of giving other idiots power. Wake up – don’t trade one dictator for another group of dictators.
And that’s my opinion.
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