Under our Constitution, what happened in Honduras this past Sunday? Soldiers arrested and sent out of the country a Honduran citizen who, the day before, through his own actions had stripped himself of the presidency.
On June 26, President Zelaya issued a decree ordering all government employees to take part in the "Public Opinion Poll to convene a National Constitutional Assembly." In doing so, Zelaya triggered a constitutional provision that automatically removed him from office. …
Our Constitution takes such intent seriously. According to Article 239: “No citizen who has already served as head of the Executive Branch can be President or Vice-President. Whoever violates this law or proposes its reform [emphasis added], as well as those that support such violation directly or indirectly, will immediately cease in their functions and will be unable to hold any public office for a period of 10 years.”
Now, re both the Obama Administration and the Organization of American States, but focusing on Team Obama.
Does nobody in the State Department have a copy of the Honduran Constitution? Did nobody bother to read one? Ditto in spades for the National Security Council.
And, did nobody point out to Obama himself how wrong he was?
In other words, did Der Leader go on his merry way of talking about a Honduran coup out of ignorance (bad enough), or with eyes wide open (worse)?
I agreed, and still agree, with Team Obama on Iran (though not on Afghanistan, although that's not "level of discord" opposition.) But, the meddling, the amount of meddling, the timetable of meddling?
If we want to talk about a coup, the only coup would have been if Obama prevented the state from removing Zelaya from office.
Meanwhile, Tom Hayden’s been nipping at the Obama-Chavez Kool-Aid.
Update, Sept. 6, 2017: Per Wiki, I now call it a coup, as I have for more than 18 months. It's convoluted, and neither side is that much in the right, but there you are.
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