What Is The Deal With Honduras!
I have always loved my country. I grew up flying the flag on Memorial Day attending the parades with my dad and hearing his stories of his gambling for rotten beer on unknown Japanese islands during the war. Freedom and the rule of law were instilled in me from birth, as it was with most of you. However, for some really weird reason our current Administration has taken a firm stance with some of the most terrible dictators ever to exist in the Americas. On June 28th 2009 the Supreme Court and Military of the nation of Honduras decided to forcible remove their current President Manuel Zelaya for crimes against the constitution and the people. Instead of trying him in court they exiled him to Costa Rica. This immediately garnered a response from all of the regions socialist leaders including Venezuela’s Socialist President Hugo Chavez who has threaten to return his comrade forcible. A crazy thing has happened, so un-usual and bizarre that it was un-expected. The President of the United States came out in favor of Mr. Zelaya’s return to his position and promoted such additional actions from the UN and other European nations. This in turn triggered the World Banking Organization to halt loans to Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.small the Honduran nation. Without any regard for the soverienty of the Honduran people or constitution a great force has been brought upon this tiny nation.
In trying to wrap my mind around the justification for such international condemnation I realized that something else may be at play. Now granted the Honduran Government should have just jailed Mr. Zelaya instead of exiling him. However, if it were I who was exiled, it would have been better to conduct a defense of any charges from Costa Rica. That said, what else is going on? Well Honduran Foreign Minister, Enrique Ortez dropped a bombshell while interviewing with CNN this week when he said that Honduras had proof that Zelaya was allowing U.S. bound cocaine from Venezuela to pass through Honduras un-obstructed. Mr. Ortez went on to say the United States Drug Enforcement Agency was aware that Zelaya had ties to organized crime. If this is true, the immediate and dramatic response of Venezuela and the United States Administration lend credence to the notion that this has nothing to do with the rule of law but the supply of drugs. There has always been speculation that the United States allowed certain quantities of drugs to enter the United States borders. Is it possible that the decision by the Honduran Government to get rid of Mr. Zelaya was an effort to expose and stop trafficking within their nation. This cause alone would have those involved under direct threat by all nations involved in either using drugs or trafficking them. You know, like most of you I don’t always know the whole story, but this Honduran think really makes America stink. When ever an American President sides with murderous socialist dictators I begin to worry. I will support the rule of law and the right of the Honduran Government to manage their own affairs.
