What we learn from Honduras

When the Honduran democratic government drove out an emerging tyrant we got to see an old story.  An important and vital old story.

The entire family of nations (a very dysfunctional family) and the Kenyan President of the U.S. condemned the righteous ouster of the illegal President who was ousted with full support of the Honduran Supreme Court, the elected Legislature and the Army.  

The old story is: if you are a weak country it doesn't matter whether you are a democracy or not... screw you.  Why is it an old story? Because the same opprobrium is endlessly heaped on another democracy, Israel, every day by the same scoundrels. The only exception has been one American President, G.W. Bush.

What is my proof that this happens to democracies in particular?  

Take the current anti-Israel horrors generated over West Bank settlements.  Israel won the West Bank in the 1967 war.  All the following countries who conquered land since 1945 have kept their conquered land and done what they pleased with it:

* USSR conquered the Sakhalin Islands from Japan and no one cares that democratic Japan wants them back.

 

* China conquered Tibet and nobody tells China what to do there.  

* India conquered Kashmir and does what it wants in Kashmir. 

* India conquered democratic Goa and no one said a peep. 

* North Vietnam conquered democratic South Vietnam after abrogating a peace treaty with the South and does what it wants there.  

Let me summarize.  Being a democracy means absolutely squat in the world of international relations.  It means nothing to the U.S. State Department, only Truman, Nixon, Ronald Reagan and G.W. Bush tried to override the Foggy Bottom UN lovers.   Four men who will be remembered for their bravery and defense of democracy. They didn't change a thing.

Comments

[Ayrdale]

Off topic I'm afraid, but worth a look re how the debate on AGW downunder is making worldwide waves...

http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/3755623/meet-the-man-who-has-exposed-the-great-climate-change-con-trick.thtml

[Susan]

Check out the front page articles of jpost.com if you want to see where all this bullying is leading us! They want, they want, and we're being pressured endlessly. Obama is not a friend of Israel's in case anyone had any doubts.