What seemed at first as a military coup in Honduras on June 28 has now turned out to be something quite different. The expatriated former president, Zelaya, had violated the constitution and accepted help from a foreign nation to work against his own country. That makes him a traitor in my book, and according to article 239 second paragraph in the Honduran constitution, his advocacy for creating a totally new constitution automatically made him loose the presidency. When the U.S. refused to participate in pressuring him to resign voluntarily only legal action remained. However, the military pre-empted the process by putting him on a plane to Costa Rica. The rest is history.
The correct action for the U.S. to take now is NOT to call for his return, but to call for peace, for the legal processes to work, for the planned elections to continue, and for foreign powers (read: Chavez' Venezuela) to stay the hell away from Honduras.
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