The mess in Honduras is like dog crap, we would do well not to step in it.

[SidneyCarton]

If the last decade has taught us nothing else, it ought to have reminded us that we utterly suck at "nation-building" we underestimate the cost, the time committment, the amount of resistance we will face, and the amount of bloodshed involved in the process. Combine this experience with the fact that, since their respective independences, the history of most Latin American Republics has been one of interference by the United States. I don't know how many times we've overthrown the government of Honduras in the past century and a half, but it borders Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Nicaragua, all of which have "benefited" from our intereference in the recent past with disastrous, and gruesome consequences. We have meddled and manipulated and murdered our way through our southern neighbors for years, leaving a trail of ruined lives, missing persons and unstable governments, with criminals and murderers trained by us hiding in every crack. We aren't even clear in this mess, as the Honduran Military was trained by our Armed Forces, so even if this mess didn't happen at the behest of the Obama Administration, our fingerprints are still on it.

The worst possible thing we could do is force Zelaya back on Honduras. His credibility would be shot, and he would be just one more puppet of the Yankee Colossus. Nor should we support the current Coup government, these men apparently have absolutely no respect for their own constitution, or democratic due process, so there is no reason we should respect them. We should refuse to deal with Honduras until their government is one that has the confidence of the Honduran people, should that be the return of Zelaya, so be it, if someone else, just as good. But until then, we should stay out of this one, we've screwed up enough stuff for this decade, let these people work this out themselves without our interference.

[Warpy]

1. Exactly, which is what Obama seems wise enough to realize

We'd also do very well not to step into it in Iran, either, as frustrating as that is right now. After all, the last time we helped them, they got the Shah.

Honduras is being extensively covered by the Mexican press. You can link to the papers at http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp

Yes, they're in Spanish but not hard to figure out.

[SidneyCarton]

3. Yeah, and its heartbreaking in the case of Iran too.

But if they do eventually win their freedom, they will be the stronger for it.

[timeforpeace]

2. Absolutely. No way should we interfere in Honduran internal politics.