Regardless of how one feels about Manuel Zelaya, the idea, after all Latin America has been through over the centuries, that political differences are to be settled by calling in the military to peremptorily remove the president and exile - in violation of the law - should horrify anyone who supports democracy in Latin America.
The right-wing as exemplified by the reliably clueless Mary Anastasia O'Grady, and the silly-assed Alvaro Vargas Llosa applaud the fact that the coup leaders simply took the easy way out: instead of meeting and attempting to negotiate and iron out their differences, they rely on the military to solve the problem. So while O'Grady and the hijo of Mario Vargas Llosa applaud this move, what would they say if a similar act took place against their beloved Alvaro Uribe who is also seeking to extend his mandate? I have no doubt that they would be screaming about the injustice and calling on the OAS to act. So would I, and that is probably the major difference between us.
The side they support, by the way, appears to be openly racist towards our president. This is the company the likes of O'Grady and company are keeping.
Randy, Is it ok to differ with you? I'd written two long comments disagreeing with you and Ian in earlier postings, but they appear to have been filtered out, so before saying anything else here, I wanted to get your ok to do so. tks, T
Posted by: Tambopaxi | July 06, 2009 at 05:42 PM
Of course it is, but the comments did not get filtered as they are not in the spam folder. If you can't get it in, let me know and I'll post it.
Posted by: Randy Paul | July 06, 2009 at 09:01 PM
Tam, Randy doesnt filter the folks who disagree with him. We disagree on just about everything and there's never been a time when he just cut something I wrote because he didn't like my opinion.
Posted by: Akaky | July 07, 2009 at 09:55 AM