WikiLeaks: Obama Regime Knew Deposed Honduras’ Marxist President Manuel Zelaya was a Threat to Democracy, Backed Him to Please Hugo Chavez…
Comrades…
(WSJ)- Lots of hypotheses have been floated to explain why the Obama administration went to such extremes last year to try to force Honduras to reinstate deposed president Manuel Zelaya.
Now the release of two WikiLeaked cables from the U.S. embassy in Tegucigalpa strengthens one of those theories: that the U.S. knew Mr. Zelaya was a threat to democratic Honduras but had decided the country should tolerate his constitutional violations in the interest of realpolitik.
Practically speaking, Hugo Chávez was the man to please. After a decade in power, the president of Venezuela’s influence around the region was notable. George W. Bush had clashed with him. Barack Obama was out to prove that they could get along, as evidenced by the warm handshake at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain in April 2009.
Honduras offered a bonding opportunity. Mr. Zelaya was a protégé of Mr. Chávez. Standing up for him as democratically elected was a way to score points with Latin America’s hard left.
But Honduras wasn’t willing to play the sacrificial lamb. When its other branches of government removed him from office last year, it caught Hugo Llorens, the U.S. ambassador, flat-footed. Saving face became the top priority.
Mr. Ford’s cable, written as he was turning his post over to Mr. Llorens after a three-year assignment in Tegucigalpa, supports this premise. In the opening summary, Mr. Ford wrote: “Ever the rebellious teenager, Zelaya’s principal goal in office is to enrich himself and his family while leaving a public legacy as a martyr who tried to do good but was thwarted at every turn by powerful, unnamed interests.” The State Department says it does not comment on classified documents.
The image of a champion of the poor crushed by the rich elite is precisely what Mr. Zelaya’s supporters in Washington and Tegucigalpa peddled to the press in the months after he was removed from office. But Mr. Ford had spotted a fraud. “His erratic behavior appears most evident when he deliberately stirs street action in protest against his own government policy—only to resolve the issue (teacher complaints, transportation grievances, etc) at the last moment.”
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yeah, I’d probably vote for West
Is this a surprise?
Comrade Kenyan Marxist and another leftist thug giving each other long hot passionate kisses at a Socialist Summit.
This is a very transparent bunch of idiots.
Turds of a feather float together.
One more reason why I’m not so sure Wikileaks is a bad thing. People say Assange is only out to detroy America but I think everyone is fair game. It’s just that the other Countries don’t have a “Lady Gaga” Manning working with classified information.
I don’t care anymore about the election of 2012. It’s so far away.
We, as a country, can’t stand two more years of this regime. It has to end now!
This story doesn’t outrage me at all.
Obama’s a Marxist. We all know that now.
So the job after Jan 5th is to contain him.
one commie rat bastard talking care of another commie rat bastard
At the time I wrote to one of my state senators… Bob “La Raza” Menendez…
and told him just this… Zelaya was a thug… among other things..
His response was… “that I didn’t know what I was taking about”…
Just remember this folks… this is bigger than obambi…
and involves a lot of people…on both sides of the fence… as illustrated by the “RINO’s” sudden capitulation during this lame duck session…
the progressive agenda is being driven by many unseen characters…
It may not go away peacefully….
V in PA, lots of the wikileaks would actually be enlightening to the general public, but these are also the ones the MSM prevent from seeing the light of day. This would never be reported on CNN or any “reputable” news source–the WSJ is now looked up by the mainstream with as much contempt as FOX.
In other WikiLeaks news: Kaddafi thugs used death threats to squeeze UK politicians for Lockerbie bombers release.
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WikiLeaks cables: Libyan attacks aimed to force out ‘Zionist’ Marks & Spencer
[Anti-semitic smear campaign by Libyans 'at the highest levels' risked damaging ties with UK, embassy warned]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/20/wikileaks-cables-libya-marks-spencer
“The row became so violent that US officials were warned by Libyan government contacts that at least one high-ranking businessman backing the franchise could be murdered in a faked car crash.”
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BREAKING: ‘Commercial warfare’ used to free Lockerbie bomber
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/8217725/Commercial-warfare-used-to-free-Lockerbie-bomber.html
The Libyans secured the release of the Lockerbie bomber using “commercial warfare” to threaten Britain with trade reprisals if ministers refused, a US Senate inquiry published on the atrocity’s anniversary has concluded.
/rehabilitated, my ass
When you consider that Obama was threatened by Russia over several months, and finally capitulated to kiss Putin’s ass, signed the START Treaty, you all know the guy is the biggest sucker, and joke on the planet.
Go over to Doug Ross, and his blog, and read about how Obama took away missile defense promised by George W Bush.
It’s quite a pathic display of the ‘rookie of the year’.
Marxist Leftist trash supports Marxist Leftist trash. Duh.
Speaks volumes of the filthy enemies we have running/ruining our country.
Msm…remain mum.
As if we aren’t going to find out this info.
Of course if this administration has their way…we may not much longer via the internet.
Many more revelations like this and I’ll believe that Assange should be awarded a medal
Amen czekmark.
Our president is a traitor to capitalism. We must impeach now, not wait till
damage done is irreversible. The man and his tsars are running a shadow government, that is meant to bring revolution in this country. The majority
of people in this country want him gone, and rightly so. It’s not about America,
but his agenda that matters.