Mel Zelaya: “You want me to remain in power 16 more years right?”

Socialism vs. Freedom. It is a battle that is being lost in America, but one that has been won in Honduras. At a time when the socialist ideology of hatred has swept most of Latin America, Hondurans drew a line in the sand and said: “Not Here.” While the administration and the biased mainstream media call the ouster of former president Mel Zelaya a coup and undemocratic, regular Hondurans know the truth, they know what was at stake. Mel Zelaya was a criminal president, period. He violated their Supreme Court’s ruling, defied the National Congress, commanded the military to engage in illegal acts, fired the head of the military when they refused to be a part of his push for more power, he planned to dissolve congress, and he ignored the will of the entire country. Their military ousted him on orders from the courts, setting an example for all would-be dictators in the region: no man is above the law. Their congress stripped the president of his powers, elected a new interim president, and kept the democratic institutions in one piece, even vowing to hold all elections as planned. Today, fifty thousand Hondurans marched in favor of the new government and the preservation of democracy. And still, Obama says that he only recognizes Zelaya as president and wants him returned to power. He insists that the “rule of law” be restored, as if orders from the courts are not “law” and as if laws passed by congress are not “law.” Zelaya destroyed a basic principle of any democracy: respect for law… now Obama is siding with the socialists of the region, Castro, Chavez, Morales, Ortega, et al, and directly “meddling” in Honduran affairs by demanding the restitution of the criminal Mel Zelaya. If Obama cannot stand up for freedom, he should at least not interfere with other countries’ aspirations for freedom. Honduras will not be a Venezuelan satellite or another Socialist Gulag like Cuba.

-AG