WSJ posts opinion piece by Roberto Micheletti

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The Path Forward for Honduras
Zelaya’s removal from office was a triumph for the rule of law.

By ROBERTO MICHELETTI

One of America’s most loyal Latin American allies—Honduras—has been in the midst of a constitutional crisis that threatens its democracy. Sadly, key undisputed facts regarding the crisis have often been ignored by America’s leaders, at least during the earliest days of the crisis.

In recent days, the rhetoric from allies of former President Manuel Zelaya has also dominated media reporting in the U.S. The worst distortion is the repetition of the false statement that Mr. Zelaya was removed from office by the military and for being a “reformer.” The truth is that he was removed by a democratically elected civilian government because the independent judicial and legislative branches of our government found that he had violated our laws and constitution.

Regarding the decision to expel Mr. Zelaya from the country the evening of June 28 without a trial, reasonable people can believe the situation could have been handled differently. But it is also necessary to understand the decision in the context of genuine fear of Mr. Zelaya’s proven willingness to violate the law and to engage in mob-led violence.

The way forward is to work with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. He is proposing ways to ensure that Mr. Zelaya complies with Honduras’s laws and its constitution and allows the people of Honduras to elect a new president in the regularly scheduled Nov. 29 elections

read more here (if you can stomach it): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204886304574311083177158174.html

[magbana]

1. Absolutely delusional. If he has to go to this much effort to explain why

he is the "legitimate" president of Honduras, then he ain't the legitimate prez. And, oh yeah, shut down the WSJ.

[magbana]

2. Like I said, shut the damned WSJ down! Check out this one sentence

a Mary Anastasia O'Grady article. Completely slanderous and irresponsible

"Mr. Zelaya appeared somewhat disappointed that his theatrical re-entry did not provoke a shoot-out."


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203609204574312363465346516.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[Downwinder]

3. What did you expect from Fox?

I guess it's OK to kill the messenger, if he garbles the message.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Hilarious. I'm sure this old fart wrote this himself.

What a moroon.

Yeah, they had to take him right out, he's so well known for his rowdy mob-violence.

Michetti's known for torturing and killing Zelaya's unarmed "mob."

As for Mary O'Grady, and her enless load of blarney, she's been making sane people gag for ages. What a vicious, and stupid lackey of a group of people who probably laugh behind her misshapen back.ve

She can't help it. Her right side has always been around 4/5ths as tall as her left side, for some reason. Doctors seem to believe there's no remedy, and they don't care, either.

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