Up until this past weekend, Manuel “Mel” Zelaya liked being El Presidente of Honduras.  He liked it so much he wanted to run for another four-year term – in violation of their constitution.  Rebuffed by both their congress and their supreme court – he was in the process of turning to the people for a “referendum” – a vote which would possibly legitimize his play in the eyes of some.

Mel is a big buddy of Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro.  But we have a long-standing military and political relationship with Honduras.   Honduras was a key but quiet ally as we fought our clandestine war backing the Contras against Daniel Ortega and his Sandinistas in Nicaragua.  We have trained many Honduran military leaders in our School of the Americas.  Lefties in this country absolutely hate this school, – believing we teach Latin military officers to become military dictators.   Now, even though we quietly tried to head off the coup,  - we’ll be blamed because our students led it.

Honduras is a small country – roughly the size of Virginia, with just seven million people.  But since it spans the Central American peninsula – it is considered key terrain.  It is key to the drug cartels, who use it as a refueling stopover on flights to the US.  The resulting crime and murder rate has caused Mel to as us to legalize drugs.

So things were tense in Honduras, and the military threw Mel on a plane and told him not to come back for awhile.  Mel, – given the history of Latin and South American coups, – every breath you take is a Gift from God.  Enjoy!

So now steps up to the microphone our very own “smartest woman in the world” – SecState Hillary Clinton, broken elbow in a cast – to try and act as if she actually has a grasp of things.  She could only utter a smoke screen: “The United States has been working with our partners in the (Organization of American States) to fashion a strong consensus condemning the detention and expulsion of President Zelaya, and calling for the full restoration of democratic order in Honduras. Our immediate priority is to restore full democratic and constitutional order in that country.”  Translation:  “I don’t have a clue about what’s going on.  Who is Zelaya and where is Honduras?” 

This was the perfect set-up and opportunity for Obama to drive another nail into her coffin.  Within hours, while meeting with Colombian President Uribe, Obama took the opportunity to cut Hillary’s legs off.   In stark departure from his usual obscurities, he said: “We believe that the coup was not legal and that President Zelaya remains the President of Honduras, the democratically elected president there.”   Translation:  “I outrank Hillary, and only I will issue foreign policy statements.  She’s history!”

       [’Scuse me Mister OBummer: When is a coup EVER “legal”?] 

OBummer doesn’t care anything about Latin America, – just as long as the canal remains open, oil and coffee [and his drug supply] flow, and there are no ugly incidences.  Our Latin American neighbors continue to understand their Third World status, and continue to resent being overlooked and ignored on a daily basis.  So I now expect Hillary to be dispatched on a tour there – to meet as many adorable flower girls as she can.  But when she gets back, – it will be OBummer The MEssiah who conducts the press conferences.   Hillary is rapidly fading into history! 

If it weren’t for the fact that these kinds of inept and indifferent miscalculations end up causing people to die, – this three-ring circus would be funny to watch.

   /s/  Iron Mike
   Old Soldier, – Still Good for Parts!