Comments on: State Department to Mr. Zelaya: A Deal is a Deal! http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/06/state-department-to-mr-zelaya-a-deal-is-a-deal/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:16:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: sandy arizona http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/06/state-department-to-mr-zelaya-a-deal-is-a-deal/#comment-67172 sandy arizona Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:48:30 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=19390#comment-67172 This is so true. I have a friend in Honduras and Obama backed the dictator rather than the congress and Constitution and Supreme court of Honduras. Remind you that apparently accorn showed up at the elections this Nov. This is so true. I have a friend in Honduras and Obama backed the dictator rather than the congress and Constitution and Supreme court of Honduras. Remind you that apparently accorn showed up at the elections this Nov.

]]> By: Linda Carlsbad, CA http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/06/state-department-to-mr-zelaya-a-deal-is-a-deal/#comment-67142 Linda Carlsbad, CA Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:26:58 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=19390#comment-67142 DiAnne,I feel the same way. I feel so bad for the countries that are feeling the pain, because of the bad choices some have made in electing this administration. I'am ashamed of my government, this is not what we the true Americans believe in. We believe in Freedom for all people! DiAnne,I feel the same way. I feel so bad for the countries that are feeling the pain, because of the bad choices some have made in electing this administration. I'am ashamed of my government, this is not what we the true Americans believe in.

We believe in Freedom for all people!

]]> By: DiAnne, MN http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/06/state-department-to-mr-zelaya-a-deal-is-a-deal/#comment-67047 DiAnne, MN Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:38 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=19390#comment-67047 It's not bad enough that the Obama administration is decimating the United States, they feel compelled to "stick their noses" into everyone elses business as well. Oh, the hubris of it all. It's not bad enough that the Obama administration is decimating the United States, they feel compelled to "stick their noses" into everyone elses business as well. Oh, the hubris of it all.

]]> By: Linda Carlsbad, CA http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/06/state-department-to-mr-zelaya-a-deal-is-a-deal/#comment-67040 Linda Carlsbad, CA Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:31:30 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=19390#comment-67040 We have a President that is supporting Zelaya, even though most the us in the United States feel he was going against his Constitution and should be thrown out. This is going on in the United States right now, we have a Congress who isn't going by our Constitution and we will throw all of them out! We have a President that is supporting Zelaya, even though most the us in the United States feel he was going against his Constitution and should be thrown out.

This is going on in the United States right now, we have a Congress who isn't going by our Constitution and we will throw all of them out!

]]> By: Jerry from Chicago http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/06/state-department-to-mr-zelaya-a-deal-is-a-deal/#comment-67008 Jerry from Chicago Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:34:32 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=19390#comment-67008 Why is Obama supporting a Honduran ex-President who tried to unilaterally put an end to term limits for his office? Is Mr. Obama thinking of trying to do the same thing? Why is Obama supporting a Honduran ex-President who tried to unilaterally put an end to term limits for his office?

Is Mr. Obama thinking of trying to do the same thing?

]]> By: Tim Az http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/06/state-department-to-mr-zelaya-a-deal-is-a-deal/#comment-66994 Tim Az Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:42:03 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=19390#comment-66994 Zelaya is just another brother in socialist arms with Chavez, Castro, and Mao-Bama. At this point it looks like Zelaya will be cliff note of socialist failure in the history books just as Mao-Bama will soon be. Mmm Mmm MMmmm Zelaya is just another brother in socialist arms with Chavez, Castro, and Mao-Bama. At this point it looks like Zelaya will be cliff note of socialist failure in the history books just as Mao-Bama will soon be. Mmm Mmm MMmmm

]]> By: Jobert, Alsace http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/06/state-department-to-mr-zelaya-a-deal-is-a-deal/#comment-66984 Jobert, Alsace Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:25:13 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=19390#comment-66984 The only coup in this entire, sordid, little affair, has been the corruption of the language by shrill partisans of the Left. There was no Coup! Mr. Zelaya transgressed the bounds of his office, and was removed as per the provisions in the Honduran Constitution by the Honduran Supreme Court & Congress. Time for the Left to find another boogyman. The only coup in this entire, sordid, little affair, has been the corruption of the language by shrill partisans of the Left.

There was no Coup!

Mr. Zelaya transgressed the bounds of his office, and was removed as per the provisions in the Honduran Constitution by the Honduran Supreme Court & Congress.

Time for the Left to find another boogyman.

]]> By: Al, The Villages, Fl http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/06/state-department-to-mr-zelaya-a-deal-is-a-deal/#comment-66954 Al, The Villages, Fl Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:30:38 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=19390#comment-66954 R. Canada- what coup? Zelaya tried,with the help of Chavez, to get around the constitution and stay in office. The Hondurans followed their laws and Zelaya had a choice - leave Honduras or be tried for breaking the law. It was a tragedy that the Obama administration, unlike all previous administrations who have championed democracy, chose the path they did. Since our country appears to no longer supports our democratic friends, they should keep their nose out of those countries business. R. Canada- what coup? Zelaya tried,with the help of Chavez, to get around the constitution and stay in office. The Hondurans followed their laws and Zelaya had a choice – leave Honduras or be tried for breaking the law. It was a tragedy that the Obama administration, unlike all previous administrations who have championed democracy, chose the path they did. Since our country appears to no longer supports our democratic friends, they should keep their nose out of those countries business.

]]> By: Joe Wells, USA http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/06/state-department-to-mr-zelaya-a-deal-is-a-deal/#comment-66609 Joe Wells, USA Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:14:18 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=19390#comment-66609 Hi Bob, I suspect you are correct. My primary gripe is that the Zelaya camp is demanding international financial sanctions and is actively undermining the tourism industry in order to create the internal pressure needed to cause Micheletti to capitulate. Zelaya's tactics primarily damage the very people he was entrusted to protect...the people of Honduras. In contrast, if restored, his (hopefully) highly supervised tenure for the next 3 months would be only valuable to his ego. Not much of a trade-off when compared to the very real damage he is doing to his countrymen's lives. The Guaymuras-Tegucigalpa-San José Accord is a political/legal contract between both parties to this dispute. Both parties are politically astute & (presumably)sound minded and have signed their agreement with each clause of the accord. The accord is in the written in the native language of both parties, so any ambiguities in the terms of the Accord are intentional. Any unwritten assumptions by either party were a political gamble, but are nonetheless factually moot. The accord is what the words say the accord is. One of the few accomplished and yet uncontested steps in the process has been the establishment of the Verification Commission...Jorge Arturo Reina (Zelaya's appointee), Arturo Corrales Alvarez (Micheletti's appointee), Ricardo Lagos (Chile) & Hilda Solis (USA). As I understand their charter, the Verification Commission is required to verify strict compliance with all points of the Accord and that failure to comply with any of the commitments contained in the Accord will result undefined penalties to be decided by the Verification Commission. Sounds to me like the Verification Committee needs to step up to the plate & fulfill their charter. I am proud of the people of Honduras and of their committment to THEIR laws and THEIR constitution. Hi Bob, I suspect you are correct.

My primary gripe is that the Zelaya camp is demanding international financial sanctions and is actively undermining the tourism industry in order to create the internal pressure needed to cause Micheletti to capitulate. Zelaya's tactics primarily damage the very people he was entrusted to protect…the people of Honduras.

In contrast, if restored, his (hopefully) highly supervised tenure for the next 3 months would be only valuable to his ego. Not much of a trade-off when compared to the very real damage he is doing to his countrymen's lives.

The Guaymuras-Tegucigalpa-San José Accord is a political/legal contract between both parties to this dispute.

Both parties are politically astute & (presumably)sound minded and have signed their agreement with each clause of the accord.

The accord is in the written in the native language of both parties, so any ambiguities in the terms of the Accord are intentional. Any unwritten assumptions by either party were a political gamble, but are nonetheless factually moot. The accord is what the words say the accord is.

One of the few accomplished and yet uncontested steps in the process has been the establishment of the Verification Commission…Jorge Arturo Reina (Zelaya's appointee), Arturo Corrales Alvarez (Micheletti's appointee), Ricardo Lagos (Chile) & Hilda Solis (USA).

As I understand their charter, the Verification Commission is required to verify strict compliance with all points of the Accord and that failure to comply with any of the commitments contained in the Accord will result undefined penalties to be decided by the Verification Commission.

Sounds to me like the Verification Committee needs to step up to the plate & fulfill their charter.

I am proud of the people of Honduras and of their committment to THEIR laws and THEIR constitution.

]]> By: R, Canada http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/06/state-department-to-mr-zelaya-a-deal-is-a-deal/#comment-66513 R, Canada Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:02:13 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=19390#comment-66513 What is happening is that the coup will stand. That's what Obama and his people planned all along. This is a signal for more coups across the region. I saw this as soon as the coup happened. For one thing, they were counting time against Zelaya, charging it to his term whilst he was not in power. They did the same thing to Aristide in Haiti. Time was on the side of the right-wing coup plotters. The first demand should have been that the term end move in the future for every day the coup people were in power. If only the Honduran left had itself a Chavez-type leader who would have not gone along with this stupid farce. A Chavez or a Morales. Central America is in a tougher spot, of course, to resist the skulduggery from up north. What is happening is that the coup will stand. That's what Obama and his people planned all along. This is a signal for more coups across the region. I saw this as soon as the coup happened. For one thing, they were counting time against Zelaya, charging it to his term whilst he was not in power. They did the same thing to Aristide in Haiti. Time was on the side of the right-wing coup plotters. The first demand should have been that the term end move in the future for every day the coup people were in power.

If only the Honduran left had itself a Chavez-type leader who would have not gone along with this stupid farce. A Chavez or a Morales. Central America is in a tougher spot, of course, to resist the skulduggery from up north.

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