The Big Picture has a photo-essay, " The Honduran Coup d'Etat ": A soldier fires his weapon toward supporters of Manuel Zelaya during a protest in Tegucigalpa June 29, 2009. (REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT) # William Jacobson the analysis, " Let Them Come to Tegucigalpa ": With each passing day, the vapidness of the Obama administration's foreign policy becomes more clear. Lofty words spoken in the capitals of Europe and the Middle East were just words. From the warm embrace of the bully Hugo Chavez, to the cynical mixed-messages on the Iran protests, Obama has shown a willingness to "work with" repressive regimes hostile to the United States while ignoring friends. Now it is Honduras, where Obama sides with Manuel Zelaya, a Chavez-prototype who tried to put himself in a perpetual presidency, in...
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