Obama - Again A "Poor Ignoramus"

Add Honduras to the growing list of international situations that President Obama has or is in the midst of mishandling.

News sources have confirmed that the military of Honduras have arrested and exiled their President, Miguel Zelaya. The constitutionally mandated successor is to be named the new President. There are no reports of civil unrest or of any casualties related to this apparent coup d'etat. President Zelaya was in the process of holding a public referendum to alter the current Honduran constitution so that it would be possible for his Presidency to be exempt from term limitations. The Honduran Legislature as well as the Honduran Supreme Court had declared the referendum improper and unconstitutional, but were ignored by Zelaya. The military intervened.

Zelaya was sent into exiled initially to Costa Rica but is believed to be soon on his way to Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. Castro's Cuba and Chavez's Venezuela are allies of Zelaya and Venezuela is closer. Chavez has announced that the military of Venezuela had been placed on war alert in response to the events in Honduras and will endeavor to restore Zelaya. Of course Chavez does not want an anti-American ally to be removed from office and reacted in true form to appear to protect his interests. Our President also acted in true form.

The Obama Administration announced it was "deeply concerned" and urged everyone involved to "respect democratic norms" and the "tenets of the Inter-American Democratic Charter." The Inter-American Democratic Charter is an operational document of the OAS and was passed at a general conference of the OAS after Secretary of State Colin Powell had been suddenly summoned back to America. The date of passage - September 11, 2001.

America is "deeply concerned" over Iran and Obama does nothing; is "deeply concerned" over North Korea and Obama whines to the UN; and is now "deeply concerned" over Honduras and Obama invokes an obscure, tragically dated OAS document. It is just impossible for the current Administration to be any more ineffective in handling, much less taking a leading role, in international politics. In reading the said Inter-American Democratic Charter, it appears to be a perfectly drafted document for Obama. It has a wealth of empty language with calls for committees to investigate and to make recommendations. Most fearful of all is an ultimate sanction, to bar a violating member nation from the OAS. Obama has found a tool to avoid action of any purpose and to avoid irritating any of the socialist, anti-American nations of South and Central American.

The United States should immediately embrace the actions of the Honduran military and demonstrate our support for the reinstitution of a real democracy. Having naval warships pay a visit to Honduras may well be the correct gesture but it will never happen on Obama's watch. The feelings of the Castro brothers and Chavez are of Obama's prime "deep concern". Hating to quote Chavez, the tag "poor ignoramus" has again been confirmed as appropriate for President Obama.