Comments on: Honduras http://timworstall.com/2009/11/07/honduras/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:45:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Gillies http://timworstall.com/2009/11/07/honduras/comment-page-1/#comment-36915 David Gillies Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:25:35 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=10915#comment-36915 Rule No. 1 of coups (Latin American or otherwise): a 9mm bullet into the nape of the neck renders <i>de jure</i> interchangeable with <i>de facto</i>. The reigning sentiment here in Costa Rica (where negotiations were hashed out) is that this is about as good a compromise as could have been expected, given the Obama administration's practically criminal mis-reading of the facts. Most educated people were shocked at the knee-jerk support of Obama's government for an obvious usurper. It has given the Chavistas a huge boost, isolated Uribe, and made Oscar Arias look ineffectual. If that hurts Laura Chinchilla (the centre-right candidate) in her upcoming election bid vs. Ottón Solís (the protectionist Lefty dickwad) then I will not be amused. Rule No. 1 of coups (Latin American or otherwise): a 9mm bullet into the nape of the neck renders de jure interchangeable with de facto.

The reigning sentiment here in Costa Rica (where negotiations were hashed out) is that this is about as good a compromise as could have been expected, given the Obama administration’s practically criminal mis-reading of the facts. Most educated people were shocked at the knee-jerk support of Obama’s government for an obvious usurper. It has given the Chavistas a huge boost, isolated Uribe, and made Oscar Arias look ineffectual. If that hurts Laura Chinchilla (the centre-right candidate) in her upcoming election bid vs. Ottón Solís (the protectionist Lefty dickwad) then I will not be amused.

]]> By: Surreptitious Evil http://timworstall.com/2009/11/07/honduras/comment-page-1/#comment-36847 Surreptitious Evil Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:59:46 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=10915#comment-36847 It is the same failure of reason that results in the dichotomy of insisting that British soldiers should not follow the instructions of the elected government (i.e. refuse to go to Afghanistan and, when we were there, Iraq) and condemning right-wing military dictatorships ... It is the same failure of reason that results in the dichotomy of insisting that British soldiers should not follow the instructions of the elected government (i.e. refuse to go to Afghanistan and, when we were there, Iraq) and condemning right-wing military dictatorships …

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