Turning A back On Democracy

While the American public is obsessed with the death of Michael Jackson; with the huge scope of his debts; with who could be the real parents of Jackson's so-called children; and with what could happen next, the Obama Administration quietly slides into step with the world order of socialists and their allies, the proponents of anti-American sentiments. President Obama has turned his back and that of official America on the people of Honduras who acted in a logical and necessary manner to terminate the efforts of its President, Manuel Zelaya, to become a dictator and to crush the democracy of Honduras.

Honduras is not important, the American public expresses, not in light of the death of Michael Jackson. How shallow America has become and how unconcerned with the actions of Washington.

Obama continues to demonstrate his international political policy of doing nothing and particularly avoiding any action that could in any way irritate any government that is now or has ever been negative in its attitude towards Washington. Joining voices with Hugo Chavez, Obama insists that the newly named Honduran President, Roberto Mecheletti, remove himself from office and allow Manuel Zelaya to reclaim the Presidency. Chavez is politically motivated to expand his influence in Central America and Obama is just a "poor ignoramus". To believe other wise only allows the conclusion that Obama is a dedicated socialist wishing to ally himself with anti-American forces to pave the way for America to be part of a new world order. Daily developments from Washington point with terrible omens to the latter of these conclusions.

Although there may be truth in the reports now coming from Honduras that Zelaya was abetting drug dealers and allowing 100 tons of cocaine a year to process through Honduras on its way to America, there is no need for the newly established leaders of Honduras to resort to any such justification for their actions. Preserving democracy is the finest and only justification needed. This is true even if the selected tool is the normally unacceptable military coup d'etat.

It is quite possible that Hugo Chavez, with no fear of any interference from Washington, will involve his military in Honduras and by the gun restore Zelaya. This would diminish even further the international prestige of America as it shows that we cannot even effectively influence, much less control, situations in our own sphere of influence.

If this armed intervention by Chavez does occur, there will surely be voiced by Obama his now routine expression of "deep concerns" followed by a renewed request for the OAS to take action. Yet again, Obama may surprise all of us and ask for American National Guard volunteers to go to Honduras, without pay and unarmed, to protect that nation's borders.