What’s become clear is that Honduras is going to be isolated from the world until it relents and puts Zelaya back in power. This has been the plan since at least Sunday:
I mean, similar situations have happened in the past. There was something similar in Guatemala in which an elected president was deposed, and the region got turned against Guatemala very quickly in a way that Guatemala could not sustain and so had to back down. And I think that what you’re going to see over the next several days is a consensus throughout the Americas that this was an illegal and illegitimate act that cannot stand.
Now countries are starting to put substance to that claim:
France, Spain, Italy, Chile and Colombia joined other nations Wednesday in recalling their ambassadors. The Pentagon suspended joint U.S.-Honduran military operations and the World Bank said it was freezing loans. Honduras’ three neighbors have suspended cross-border trade.
Wow. They’ve just upped the ante quite a bit. It’s one thing to recall ambassadors, but to put a freeze on loans and suspend joint military operations is fairly big time. I guess if Honduras has to defend itself from and armed invasion, we (U.S.) won’t be there to help. And after Saturday they’ll be suspended from the OAS.
I’m sorry, but I just fail to understand this. If Honduran people and soldiers die because Obama and other world leaders are trying to prop up a dictator, then they will have blood on their hands. I’m still waiting on the outrage in the US over our President supporting a dictator wannabe! This is really beyond belief.