Comments on: Don’t Call it A Coup Barack! http://freedomedium.com/2009/07/don%e2%80%99t-call-it-a-coup-barack/ Capitalist Individualism Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Salvaterra AKA Publius http://freedomedium.com/2009/07/don%e2%80%99t-call-it-a-coup-barack/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Salvaterra AKA Publius Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:29:24 +0000 http://freedomedium.com/?p=1724#comment-465 Thanks for your remarks Lou. I agree with most of what you say as well, especially your point about political instability forcing investment out of a country and hurting the people. I know that the problem is complex, but in my opinion our president should be looking for reasons why we should be supporting the removal of Zelaya, not looking for excuses why we should cut off economic assitance in addition to the military assitance we have suspended. That will only hurt the Honduran people - who are fighting communism - much more. I'm not saying that the president should be out there saying it was a great idea, but we should sympathize with the elements within the Honduran government that saw the situation being such that they felt it necessary to use the military to remove Zelaya. I'm sure they would not have acted that way unless they felt that Chavez would help Zelaya achieve what he, Ecuador's Rafael Correa Delgado, and Bolivia's Juan Evo Morales have already successfully achieved in extending their country's presidential term limits. Thanks for your remarks Lou. I agree with most of what you say as well, especially your point about political instability forcing investment out of a country and hurting the people.

I know that the problem is complex, but in my opinion our president should be looking for reasons why we should be supporting the removal of Zelaya, not looking for excuses why we should cut off economic assitance in addition to the military assitance we have suspended. That will only hurt the Honduran people – who are fighting communism – much more.

I’m not saying that the president should be out there saying it was a great idea, but we should sympathize with the elements within the Honduran government that saw the situation being such that they felt it necessary to use the military to remove Zelaya. I’m sure they would not have acted that way unless they felt that Chavez would help Zelaya achieve what he, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa Delgado, and Bolivia’s Juan Evo Morales have already successfully achieved in extending their country’s presidential term limits.

]]> By: The Other Lou http://freedomedium.com/2009/07/don%e2%80%99t-call-it-a-coup-barack/comment-page-1/#comment-462 The Other Lou Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:13 +0000 http://freedomedium.com/?p=1724#comment-462 Than again, with this group excluded of course, I bet most Americans couldn't find Honduras on a map. How could we expect them to even have a clue about her politics. Than again, with this group excluded of course, I bet most Americans couldn’t find Honduras on a map. How could we expect them to even have a clue about her politics.

]]> By: The Other Lou http://freedomedium.com/2009/07/don%e2%80%99t-call-it-a-coup-barack/comment-page-1/#comment-461 The Other Lou Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:07:35 +0000 http://freedomedium.com/?p=1724#comment-461 I do agree on the majority of what you said. That being said, I was actually in Honduras last year, and I think the issue is a little more complicated. I actually think both parties in this case over stepped their proper roll in this. President Zelaya was wrong for moving to stay in power, and wrong for wanting to interfere in the investments of foreign corporations in Honduras. The Honduran Military however was wrong in deposing him before he actually broke the law. If they would have been a little more patient it would have been open and shut. The big loser in this whole situation is the Honduran people. Don't get me wrong, life is pretty bad already in Honduras, but it has been getting better. They see their neighbors Belize and Costa Rica, thriving and want part of the action. Wal-Mart, cruise lines, as I am told by the people there, unnamed Texas oil men have been investing heavily in Honduras, making life better for the people. The one thing that can bring this crashing down is instability. Why invest in a unstable country. Honduras is walking a fine line between being a developing country like it's neighbors Belize, Costa Rica and Panama, or descending back into third world status like Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. I pray for the Honduran people, that their leaders can bring peace and stability back to this beautiful country and with it wealth and security for her people. I do agree on the majority of what you said. That being said, I was actually in Honduras last year, and I think the issue is a little more complicated.

I actually think both parties in this case over stepped their proper roll in this. President Zelaya was wrong for moving to stay in power, and wrong for wanting to interfere in the investments of foreign corporations in Honduras. The Honduran Military however was wrong in deposing him before he actually broke the law. If they would have been a little more patient it would have been open and shut.

The big loser in this whole situation is the Honduran people. Don’t get me wrong, life is pretty bad already in Honduras, but it has been getting better. They see their neighbors Belize and Costa Rica, thriving and want part of the action. Wal-Mart, cruise lines, as I am told by the people there, unnamed Texas oil men have been investing heavily in Honduras, making life better for the people. The one thing that can bring this crashing down is instability. Why invest in a unstable country.

Honduras is walking a fine line between being a developing country like it’s neighbors Belize, Costa Rica and Panama, or descending back into third world status like Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.

I pray for the Honduran people, that their leaders can bring peace and stability back to this beautiful country and with it wealth and security for her people.

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