Honduras

I was going to post something about this a few days back but didn't want to seem overly political about the response out of the executive mansion, and the reports seemed scetchy. Add to that I am not familiar with the Honduran constitution, so I elected to keep silent on the matter. As more facts are being revealed it would seem that this was not a military coup but a concensus by both the highest federal court, legislature (inclding the now ex-president Zelaya's own party) and with the help of the military, a peacefull removal from office.

If the oath the Honduran military takes is anything like the US, allegience to the constitution is sworn, not to the president. If no other mechanism is available for political removal, i.e. impeachment, this seems like a equatable outcome. Zelaya wasn't killed or imprisioned. I understand he was in NYC yesterday.

I think one reason all these gov'ts, including the US, were critical is because in a way it puts some in the political-class on notice asto where the power lies, not in one person, but in the constitution and the people and there are still institutions which believe in that form of government..