Honduras and the law
From the NY Times:
The story tries to turn the Honduras resistance to administration policy into a process story that ignores the clear legality of Zelaya's removal. That is understandable since this administration has never been able to support its original claim that the removal was illegal. What the story attempts to do is say the resistance is "just lobbying." The reality is that the administration got it wrong on this issue to begin with and it is attempting to avoid that reality by ignoring the arguments on the issue and focusing on the people making the arguments.
It is not a persuasive way to deal with the issue. Obama would be wiser to address the arguments head on rather than ignore them, but then the reality is that he really has no arguments to counter those raised about the legality of the removal. If he does, he certainly has not made them and the media is not going to call him on it.
Leader Ousted, Honduras Hires U.S. Lobbyists
The story tries to turn the Honduras resistance to administration policy into a process story that ignores the clear legality of Zelaya's removal. That is understandable since this administration has never been able to support its original claim that the removal was illegal. What the story attempts to do is say the resistance is "just lobbying." The reality is that the administration got it wrong on this issue to begin with and it is attempting to avoid that reality by ignoring the arguments on the issue and focusing on the people making the arguments.
It is not a persuasive way to deal with the issue. Obama would be wiser to address the arguments head on rather than ignore them, but then the reality is that he really has no arguments to counter those raised about the legality of the removal. If he does, he certainly has not made them and the media is not going to call him on it.
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