Obama and Zelaya

For those of you who don't know, Manuel Zelaya was the former president of Honduras. He was kicked out of the country by the military ordered by the Honduran Supreme Court. What happened next was interesting. First, Hugo Chavez comes to Zelaya's back and cries foul. Next comes in President Obama on his high horse and wants Zelaya to be put back into the presidency. This is, by the way, the same President who waited and waited to condemn the Iranian attacks on their own people the previous few days. Let's take a better look at who this Zelaya fellow is....

Zelaya was the president of Honduras and his best friend is Hugo Chavez. That first should tell you that he is not a fan of the United States. Secondly that should tell you that he's quite the leftist. In Honduras, the president can only serve one term of four years. Zelaya wanted to amend the constitution so he could run for reelection. He first needs the people to pass a referendum. The Honduran congress rejected Zelaya's request. Zelaya pushed on. The Honduran Supreme Court then agreed with the congress and said that Zelaya didn't have the power or authority according to the Honduran constitution to have a referendum. Zelaya pushes on further. He decides he'll run the referendum himself and asks the military to help. The head military leader says no and Zelaya fires him. Zelaya then took over a military post to get the ballots for the referendum. The Supreme Court then orders the arrest of Zelaya. The Honduran congress then legally votes to kick Zelaya out of office and elect an interim president. By the way, Zelaya's party is the ruling party in the Honduran Congress and the interim president is in the same party. Now Zelaya is trying to get back to Honduras and is threatening action if he isn't put back into his presidency. All this and President Obama agrees with Chavez and Zelaya. What!?

Why on earth would President Obama be "meddling" in the Honduran affairs when this Zelaya character was breaking the law. He was legally kicked out by the Congress and Surpeme Court. Why is President Obama supporting this guy? Who knows? Not me but I do know, I only wish he would show the world that the United States is going to support those who support democracy and freedom. Honduras was only following their constitution so a new president would come to office next January. How hard is that to understand? President Obama needs to stop pushing for Zelaya's return to the Honduran presidency.

Here's an Op-Ed peice in the LA Times of all newspapers. Check it out if you don't believe me.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-estrada10-2009jul10,0,1570598.story