Posted by
Mark S. Rader on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:00:00 AM
Obama's approach to the problems in Honduras where the Honduran President was taking steps to circumvent that countries Constitution, is very telling. It shows that Obama is either far more unintelligent than we all thought or he is indeed more supportive of social democrat dogma than in the process' of liberty, freedom, or democracy.
Ignorance
As usual the major press outlets are reporting this story all wrong, or at least willfully shadowing the facts by calling the recent actions in Honduras a "coup". They would like us to believe that the president of Honduras was over thrown by an anti-government rebellion. But the reality is that the actions that took place in Honduras were not a coup but were actions to preserve the Constitution of Honduras. The actions were ordered by the Supreme Court of that nation with the full support of its Congress. Even the Honduran President's own political party supports him being removed from office. These actions are no more a coup than were the troops that were sent to Little Rock Central High school in 1957.
When faced with the lawful execution of a constitutional democracy Obama responds with support for the demagogue who was attempting to in-sight a real coup against Honduras's Constitution. While I can understand why the UN would support the rise of a dictator in Honduras, why would Obama do this? Well he is either, way over his head and this is just another example of his inexperience, or he is doing this on purpose.
Deceit
Many people wrongly believe that democracies can not foster dictatorships even when faced with the historic record showing this is simply not true. The only thing that stands in the way of the rise of a dictator in most democracies is its Constitution and laws. This may be why Obama said a few years ago that the biggest "problem" with the Constitution of the united states it that it contains too many things the government "can't do". Adolf Hitler's became Chancellor of Germany legally, but the way he exercised and maintained power was completely illegal under German law. It was the federal judges ignoring the laws, that made it possible for Hitler to become the dictator over the German democracy. This is exactly what the Honduran Supreme Court was acting to prevent.
The sad truth is that if Obama believes that an individual or even a popular group of individuals are perfectly within their rights to trample the Constitution of a democratic nation what might he be willing to do to this nation utilizing his popularity and his filibuster proof majority? It is so much easier for a Dictator when he doesn't have to explain himself or answer to the people on the street. Look how easy it has been for Iran now that they control the information leaving that nation.
Let's pray that Obama is just inexperienced and not a true believer in the actions he is supporting. Let's hope he is simply stumbling around as our President. But I must confess how alarming it is that we elected a man, who in his public statements, avoids the use of words like liberty, freedom, and democracy.