Why Is America On The Wrong Side Of This Issue ?

Friday's National Review posted an editorial on the actions of the American State Department toward Honduras.  After suspending non-emergency and non-immigrant visa services at the American Embassy in Tegucigalpa, America is now suspending non-humanitarian aid to that country.  America has made it clear it will not support the results of the elections Honduras has scheduled for November.  As you remember, former President Manuel Zelaya was ousted for his unconstitutional attempt at a referendum to be President after he was constitutionally required to step down from office.  Honduras is enforcing her constitution, and America is fighting her every step of the way.

According to the article:

"Zelaya's constitutionally mandated successor was congressional leader Roberto Micheletti, who has been serving as the temporary Honduran president since late June. Micheletti recently declared his willingness to resign and support Zelaya's return to the country -- provided Zelaya does not seek to resume the presidency. Honduran authorities consider Zelaya unfit to be chief executive -- federal lawmakers voted nearly unanimously to approve his ouster -- and with good reason. Zelaya will be lucky if he avoids jail time. He has no legitimate claim to the presidency."

"As for the Obama administration, its mistreatment of the interim Honduran government is an ongoing travesty. In removing Zelaya from office, Honduran officials took a legal, constitutionally authorized stand against Chávez-style authoritarianism. They deserve praise, not punishment."

It should be a wake-up call to this administration that they find themselves on the same side of an issue as Hugo Chavez.