Our President has decided to step up his global leadership by taking a new tact on issues of democracy by lambasting the Honduran military for "illegally" ousting the democratically elected President of Honduras. President Obama must have felt the stinging rebuke he took from around the World about his lack of leadership on Iran (yeah, yeah, we know it was strategic non-leadership, but it was non-leadership, nonetheless) and he decided not to make the same mistake again! He came out forcefully and with no hesitancy about Honduras.
Of course . . . the stakes are much lower in Honduras than they are in the volatile Middle East. And, Honduras has no nuclear program and no ballistic missile capabilities. And, only 7 million inhabitants (as compared to Iran's 65 million). And, Honduras has no oil and no ability to block the Straits of Hormuz, of course.
So, it was a slightly (i.e. much) easier call, politically, to come out against the Honduran military, although it might not be the right call from what is being written about the guy they ousted. Apparently, the Honduran military acted at the request of the Honduras Supreme Court because the ex-President didn't like doing things like following laws and listening to court decisions. But, we quibble here about details. This is about big D Democracy and our President knows something about Big D Democracy . . . when it comes to small Central American states.
Woldy
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