EVA'S UPDATE - July 27

[magbana]

Monday, July 27, 2009

COUP DICTATOR PUBLISHES OPED IN WSJ; US DELEGATION VISITS COUP REGIME; STATE DEPT SUPPORTS ZELAYA'S RETURN ONLY IF "MUTUAL" (IF COUP REGIME AGREES)

Honduran dictator Roberto Micheletti published an OpED in the Wall Street Journal today, titled "The Path Forward for Honduras: Zelaya's removal from office was a triumph for the rule of law" justifying the coup and calling on the US public to support his illegal regime. The WSJ presents the dictator Micheletti as "Mr. Micheletti, previously the president of the Honduran Congress, became president of Honduras upon the departure of Manuel Zelaya." - How interesting, so it wasn't vía a coup d'etat that involved the violent kidnapping of democratically elected President Zelaya that Micheletti illegally took over the presidency, but because of Zelaya's "departure". Hmm, sure makes it easier to justify that way!

Micheletti's OpEd lays out the coup regime's "reasons" for kidnapping Zelaya, lying in general as usual, and even claiming Zelaya stole millions of dollars from the Honduran central bank (first time we've heard that one!!). The article also oddly states the coup regime's "willingness" to work with the Arias plan set forth by President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica last week, as promoted by Washington, despite the fact that on all prior occasions the regime has outwardly rejected the base of the Arias proposal, which is the return of Zelaya to the presidency. Of course the OpEd was written and publicized by Clinton friend Lanny Davis, the coup regime's lobbyist in Washington.

However, in today's State Department briefing, it became even more clear that Washington is no longer pushing for Zelaya's return as the base of the Arias agreement (I have pointed this out before, but for those skeptics...here it is again)...

"QUESTION: Do you still believe that the return of democratic rule requires the restoration of President Zelaya as president?

MR. KELLY: We – our policy remains the same, that we want the restoration of democratic order. And that includes the return by mutual agreement of the democratically elected president, and that’s President Zelaya."

Meanwhile, over the weekend Republican congressman Connie Mack visited the coup regime in Honduras, along with another member of Congress, Republican Brian Bilbray and fellow party member Tom Dime. As to attempt to garner more prestige and attention to the visit, the illegal and repressive Honduran regime lied and referred to the trio as US Senators...

And BTW, Zelaya is camped out at the Honduran-Nicaraguan border still waiting for his family and supporters to arrive. They have been detained now by coup forces for three days and prevented from reaching the border.
Posted by Eva Golinger at 3:41 PM

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Two Republican idiots from the House of Representatives & a fictious Tom Dime, a "trio of Senators."

That's a hot one, as usual.

Two dumb-as-mud mouth breathing Republicans and their mystery guest, Tom Dime. Our ambassadors to the illegitimate, stolen-by-force Honduran government.



Connie Mack, his equally brilliant wife (widow of Sonny Bono) Mary Bono Mack, and constipated, riding-your-bumper Brian Bilbray

From BoRev.net:

July 25, 2009
Republicans' Alter Egos Support Coup Government
By Revolter




Congressional simpleton Connie Mack is in "Honduras this weekend to find a peaceful, democratic resolution to the crisis." His grand proposal is for " coalition-form of government that would administer the inner-workings of Honduras." What a statesman.

Speculation swirled as to who else would be joining the "bipartisan" fact-finding delegation. Dan Burton? Jeb Bush? Charlie "Not Gay" Crist? The other members were too embarrassed to publicly announce how they were undermining US foreign policy before the trip. Apparently, they still are.

The coup backing El Heraldo has identified the other dimwitted peace-brokers as Senators Brian Bilbray and . . .somebody named Tom Dime. The first one is actually a Republican Congressman, and the other guy? Who knows!

Was it actually Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL)? Maybe Mack and Bilbray brought some random guy and started referring to him as Senator Dime? Is the Honduran propaganda machine really that incompetent?

There is no mention of Connie Mack in the article, but that's definitely him on the left. A little less orange than usual, but that douchey haircut is unmistakable. Wait, is he Tom Dime?!? Did his brain cell realize halfway through the meeting with Micheletti, "Geez, this was a bad idea. Fuck it, I'm using the 'rendezvous with the mistress' name"? What the hell is going on?!?

UPDATE: Honduran newspapers El Tiempo and La Prensa are also reporting that Micheletti met with the slippery Senator Dime. So are Spanish news agency EFE, Brazil's Globo, Argentina's La Nacion and Mexico's SDP. The Honduran papers are desperate for any semblance of legitimacy, even if provided by fake US Senators. As for the others - guess a lot of editors started their August vacations early.

UPDATE II: The remaining major Honduran paper, La Tribuna, correctly reported that Micheletti, the Supreme Court, etc. are to meet with Rep. Mack . . . along with imaginary Congressman "Feneton Biltreid"!

Thank you Cornelius McGillicuddy IV, or Tom Dime, or whatever your real name is. You have proven not only your own malevolent idiocy, but that of the coup regime and it's IAPA apologists.

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