"Soldiers... setting off tear gas.... soldiers fired into the crowd. A least one person was killed, and two were badly wounded.... interim president Roberto Micheletti said he was willing to negotiate.... a breakthrough, some Obama administration officials said....
Negotiating with COUP LEADERS, Obama? WTF?
Oh, right, they are OUR GUYS acting under OUR ORDERS!
“This is an extremely difficult and delicate situation’’ the senior administration official said...."
I guess HONDURAS is not IRAN, 'eh?
And once again, the MSM is lying, distorting, and telling half-truths.
Related: Sunday Censorship: Honduras' Indecisive Protesters
At least we know what to expect when we pick up one of their s*** rags.
"Ousted leader flies to capital but is rebuffed; Honduras is transfixed; A top UN official is also on flight" by Marc Lacey and Ginger Thompson, New York Times | July 6, 2009
Supporters of the ousted president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, sat yesterday to avoid being removed by soldiers, in streets surrounding Tegucigalpa’s international airport. (Orlando Sierra/ AFP/ Getty Images)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - The ousted Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, swept over Honduras yesterday evening, as crowds of his supporters clashed with soldiers and riot police at the airport. But after his plane swooped in low over the airport and cheers erupted from the crowds below, it veered away....
As his plane left Honduras, an air force jet and helicopter circled above the airport, emphasizing the interim government’s control of the situation and bringing to a close a dramatic episode that had held the country in suspense much of day....
And this is the lead World story of the day? A NOTHING story?!
Crowds of Zelaya’s supporters ringed the airport, demanding that he be allowed to return to the country and the presidency to which he had been elected.
Why no NUMBERS, s***ters? Hey, what's ONE MORE OMISSION, right?
Soldiers stood in formation at one end of the runway and in trenches dug into a hillside, firing into the air and setting off tear gas, while a helicopter hovered overhead. As hundreds of people tried to break down the fences to enter the airport grounds, soldiers fired into the crowd. A least one person was killed, and two were badly wounded, a medic and emergency services at the airport said, according to Reuters....
Readers, I suspect the PROTESTS are WIDE and VAST!
That's why the PRO-COUP, AGENDA-PUSHING PAPER is HIDING IT!
The presidents of Equador, Paraguay, and Argentina, as well as Jose Miguel Insulza, the secretary general of the Organization of American States, were flying in a separate plane, and they had plans to land only if Zelaya’s plane landed safely....
About 5:25 p.m., his plane swept in low over the airport, and the crowd erupted in cheers. But the plane flew past the airport and circled the capital. Despite the anticlimax of the airport drama, diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis seemed to move forward. Earlier in the day, the interim president, Roberto Micheletti, said he was willing to negotiate....
And the MSM spent SO MUCH TIME and COVERGAE on it yesterday (from the 5 minutes I watched CNN).
That word -- anticlimax -- describes their editorial decisions perfectly.
Micheletti’s proposal represented a breakthrough, some Obama administration officials said....
Tensions were high throughout the region. Micheletti said Nicaraguan troops had been observed near the border with Honduras, which he called a provocation. He called on President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua to withdraw the troops and vowed to defend Honduran territory.
But Ortega denied in a radio interview that any troops were massed, and American officials in Washington said they lacked any information on Nicaraguan troop movements.
Translation: The s*** coup leader LIED!!
Yes, readers, I HAVE HAD IT with LYING POLITICIANS no matter where they are from!!!!!!!
Even as they vowed to talk, members of the ousted government did not back off from their contention that the army’s ouster of Zelaya was legal and that under no circumstances would he be allowed to complete the final six months of his presidency.
So much for DEMOCRACY, 'eh, 'bamer?
Micheletti said he was concerned that Zelaya’s return would cause violence....
As HIS SOLDIERS OPEN FIRE on the CROWD!!!!
In a telephone interview, a senior Obama administration official said that the United States was beginning its own diplomatic efforts, in coordination with the OAS, to get the negotiations with the de facto government moving. The officials would not give details of their efforts.
So the administration TACITLY ENDORSES and SUPPORTS the COUP PLOTTERS -- and WHY WOULDN'T THEY?
They are OUR GUYS!
“This is an extremely difficult and delicate situation,’’ the senior administration official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity, “and from our point of view, speed is of the essence.’’
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