[Marxism] interesting... Council on Hemispheric Affairs PressRelease

[Joaquin Bustelo]

Why are we subjected to the senile apologetics of liberal imperialists like
Larry Birns?

The situation is quite simple: The Honduran coup plotters thought they could
get away with it and would have at least back-handed support from
Washington. The imperialist water-boy wannabes at COHA saw another
opportunity to "differentiate" themselves from Washington, in this case by
being even more shameless in brazenly backing the coup than Mrs. Clinton.

Unfortunately for Larry Birns, the coup plotters wound up isolated
politically and diplomatically, forcing Washington to formally even demand
the reinstatement of the president. So now Birns is backtracking at 150
miles an hour, covering up, blaming interns and an overloaded staff. 

Anyone who believes this cock-and-bull story about how, "gee, we didn't
really look carefully at the position we were taking" may be interested in
taking a look at a bridge I'm selling in Brooklyn. 

There wasn't a more important issue nor one that riveted the attention of
the entire Latin American nation, not at the beginning of THIS week (sorry,
Nestor, I know the Argentine mid-term elections are important in the longer
run, but this was more important at this moment). 

Moreover, Birnes's statement repeats the same stupid lies about the voting
that was to have taken place last Sunday as an "illegal referendum" that was
"Zelaya's re-election game plan." 

A) There was no "referendum." This was a non-binding popular consultation.

B) There was nothing in there about re-electing Zelaya. It was about WHETHER
to hold a vote to call together a constitutional convention.

C) Zelaya is not running for re-election in the November elections, which
will elect his successor.

This is what liberal imperialists like Birns get for being so stupid as to
rely on the hysterical ravings of an oligarchy that's just waiting for the
sanitation truck to haul them to history's dump.

Joaquin