Duly Noted: A Folk Fest of Good Feelings
1. Not only ignoring its reasons but in defiance of the causes, the Honduran coup is regretted by the moralizing media. Coups are “not good”. However, in this unusual case, it prevented an abuse. The action removed a ruler who, exploiting the state power entrusted to him, mounted an incremental take over in slow motion. Comparable cases (Stauffenberg, July 20, 1944) are celebrated as heroic stands against tyranny. In reality, some regret only that the wrong side has been hit. A major paper finds that it is a positive sign that a putsch has provoked an international reaction. The question is: would the double continent’s left of center governments and their global community of fans have been so consequently true to principle had the dismissed plotter been a rightist and the conspirators men of the left?
Sunday, 26 July 2009
From the desk of George Handlery on Sat, 2009-07-25 14:10
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