[Peace-discuss] State Department Terminates Aid to Honduras Coup Regime

[C. G. Estabrook]

Bob--

The more I think about your example, the more puzzled I become.

"Suppose that it's documented that Karzai stole the Afghan election. And people 
in Afghanistan say to the U.S., what are you going to do about that?"

What in fact should the US do?

Finish your thought experiment. What would would be consistent in re Honduras 
and Afghanistan?  --CGE


Robert Naiman wrote:
> ... Suppose that it were documented that Karzai stole the Afghan election. 
> And people in Afghanistan say to the U.S., what are you going to do about 
> that? And Holbrooke were to say, well, we can't interfere in the internal 
> affairs of Afghanistan. Karzai is the president.
> 
> Would anyone take that seriously? It wouldn't pass the laugh test.
> 
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:57 AM, C. G. Estabrook<galliher at illinois.edu> 
> wrote:
>> If this argument is valid, why doesn't it work for Iraq and Afghanistan, 
>> where "the U.S. is very deeply entangled"?  --CGE
>> 
>> 
>> Robert Naiman wrote:
>>> As for the cessation of U.S. military activity in the region, including 
>>> removing the base in Honduras, and stopping the basing agreement in 
>>> Colombia, I'm all for it.
>>> 
>>> "Non-intervention," as you describe it, is not an item on the menu in 
>>> this restaurant at this time. The U.S. is very deeply entangled in 
>>> Honduras. It has trained and supplied the Honduran military. The choices 
>>> before the U.S. are to support the coup or oppose it. The 
>>> "non-intervention" you advocate, if implemented, would equal support for 
>>> the coup. That's how it will be perceived - indeed, is already being 
>>> perceived - in Honduras and throughout Latin America.