Backing The Wrong Horse In Honduras

Yesterday Power Line posted an article on the ongoing situation in Honduras.  The Law Library of Congress has studied the events in Honduras and concluded that the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya was legal and in keeping with constitutional law in Honduras.  They did conclude, however, that removing him from the country was not constitutional.  If his removal from office was constitutional, why are our State Department and President asking for his reinstatement as President.  Why are we supporting a would-be dictator who is friends with Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez and could be assumed to be anti-American?