georgephillip
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Zelaya proposed a non-binding referendum on constitutional reform in Honduras that would have done away with presidential term limits if approved by a majority of Hondurans. He refused to leave office because his term had not expired; he crossed the US by pointing out how dangerous the civilian airport is in Honduras compared to a US air base located on the coast. When the coup plotters put him on a plane in Tegucigalpa, the craft lifted off from the civilian facility and landed for "refueling" fifteen minutes later at the US air base. Get it?So what do our preeminent judicial philosophers have to say about the US instigation and recognition of a military coup in Honduras in 2009 that resulted in kidnapping a duly elected president and flying him out of the country, spiked drug sales and violence to record levels, turned one of its cities into the murder capital of the world, and forced thousands of young people into a choice between leaving their homeland or death?
"On 28 November 2010, the organisation WikiLeaks started releasing 251,287 confidential documents, which detail correspondence between the US State Department and US embassies around the world.
"Among this document figures a document written by US Ambassador Hugo Llorens, which details his knowledge about the events, which he considers to be a coup.
"The document itself gives an in-depth perspective of how the coup was planned, its outcome and what was the official Embassy declaration."
2009 Honduran coup d'état - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Let's say that Hondura underwent a coup. That doesn't establish that all people in Honduras are oppressed.
But even if that WERE true, the natural reaction to being oppressed at home is to flee one's home.
That means getting OUT of Honduras. What do they do?
They cross the border into the United States! Oh wait. Honduras doesn't have a border shared with the United States. So, the poor unfortunate fleeing Hondurans must flee to Mexico. THEN they choose to pass THROUGH Mexico to GET to the U.S. border.
Wonder why MEXICO doesn't assume the burden of sheltering and caring for their benighted poor refugee neighbors?
No. You don't.
Don't change the facts. Zelaya gave himself permanent presidency with dictatorial powers. He was ordered removed by the Honduran supreme court. He may have been elected democratically but refused to leave office Undemocratically. Sort of what obama plans to do.
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/29/world/fg-honduras-coup29
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