The following excerpt is from the following website:
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6704237.html
A bomb exploded at the Lawyers' College in Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, a local radio station reported Sunday. The bomb, which did not cause any serious damage, exploded at 11:30 p.m. local time on Saturday (0530 GMT) just as the nation was beginning a curfew, a resident told the station. The building is in a southern Tegucigalpa neighborhood close to busy restaurants and night clubs. Since June 28 coup that brought down President Manuel Zelaya, two bombs have exploded in the offices of broadcaster Canal 11 and those of the state's Migration Agency. Two more were found and defused. Honduras' civil conflict has been intensifying ahead of Zelaya's planned return within a few hours.
Excerpt over. With the talks in Costa Rica officially declared dead, with some chatter about a continued talk on Wednesday, this bombing shows the lengths Zelaya's supporters are willing to go.
Violence is not the answer. Protest without violence. If you use no violence there will be no curfew or media restriction. Your voices will be heard if you use them instead of weapons. No more violence. Bloodshed will not solve this crisis. A democracy is formed through discussion and writings of law; not the skulls of those you disagree with or the blood of the innocent.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Nicaragua's Ortega Wastes Little Time
He has proposed that term limits be removed from the Nicaraguan Constitution. Nicaragua is an ALBA nation. Turn on the common sense portion of your brains and re-read the first two lines of this blog. Thank you for reading.
Update: Placing more thought into this I believe I know why. The world took Zelaya's side. Ortega believes that if he proposes it, should it go against him no matter how far he pushes it, he will have the support of the U.N., NAM, and OAS, and with them the world will follow their lead and support his move to hold onto power.
Zelaya pushed it so far as to raid a military base with his supporters a day before he was removed in an attempt to force distribution of the ballots for his referendum which the military refused to do (it is their assigned duty to distribute ballots for any election) on the basis of the Congress, Supreme Court, and human rights ombudsman declaring it unconstitutional. The world still supports Zelaya. Ortega sees this as the green light to push through his hold on power as far as he has to.
Update: Placing more thought into this I believe I know why. The world took Zelaya's side. Ortega believes that if he proposes it, should it go against him no matter how far he pushes it, he will have the support of the U.N., NAM, and OAS, and with them the world will follow their lead and support his move to hold onto power.
Zelaya pushed it so far as to raid a military base with his supporters a day before he was removed in an attempt to force distribution of the ballots for his referendum which the military refused to do (it is their assigned duty to distribute ballots for any election) on the basis of the Congress, Supreme Court, and human rights ombudsman declaring it unconstitutional. The world still supports Zelaya. Ortega sees this as the green light to push through his hold on power as far as he has to.
UN Ignores Venezuelan Belligerence / ALBA Goes Military and Political
The request that the UN speak out against the threats of war by Venezuela during the initial phase of the removal of Zelaya has been turned down. The world has lately been looking away from such actions believing the phrases "sticks and stone may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Sarah Palin is proof that words do hurt even when false. Hitler wrote Mein Kampf years before he became Chancellor. In it he declared exactly what he was going to do.
In 1998 Osama Bin Laden gave an interview and declared war on the United States. The world, and us, looked away until 9/11. North Korea says we are in a state of war and the ceasefire is over. We have done little militarily in response. Now, Venezuela says they will invade Honduras and the world allows them to. Hitler and Osama proved looking away only gives them time to turn their words into actions.
Freedom of speech has its limitations. You can't shout fire when there isn't one because that would cause harm. I believe declaring war falls under this dangerous realm of speech that should not be allowed to go without scornful response.
Based on: http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/07/20/wld01.asp
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The ALBA alliance is going to expand from just an economic organization. Bolivia's president wants to expand it to include military, political party, and social organization unity within the group. They are expected to create committees at the next ALBA meeting to discuss how to go forward with that. This comes a week after Morales said that Latin American nations should end military cooperation with the U.S.
Based on: http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1007963&lang=eng_news
This is like a bad historical parody. The worst part is it is real. The proposal of merging military efforts may stand out as the most dangerous element to this when combined with seperating from U.S. cooperation. Instead, the merging of political parties will be the major problem. Having the same political parties cross borders is how the Nazi party initially tried to take over Austria.
The merging of military forces followed the Anschluss and incorporated Czech Republic forces with Austrian forces and German forces before the invasion of Poland. The merging of the ALBA military forces would be strenuous to command and difficult to maintain without a purpose for a joint command. The nations Hitler conquered needed the war effort to maintain the propoganda and military cohesion that the "liberated" nations needed to have under a Nazi regime.
Will Honduras provide the war these nations need to unite their military forces? If so, they will obviously overwhelm Honduras unless we intervene. When Honduras is done, they must be expecting another war to be able to continue their efforts. If we don't intervene, with who will they go to war?
In 1998 Osama Bin Laden gave an interview and declared war on the United States. The world, and us, looked away until 9/11. North Korea says we are in a state of war and the ceasefire is over. We have done little militarily in response. Now, Venezuela says they will invade Honduras and the world allows them to. Hitler and Osama proved looking away only gives them time to turn their words into actions.
Freedom of speech has its limitations. You can't shout fire when there isn't one because that would cause harm. I believe declaring war falls under this dangerous realm of speech that should not be allowed to go without scornful response.
Based on: http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/07/20/wld01.asp
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The ALBA alliance is going to expand from just an economic organization. Bolivia's president wants to expand it to include military, political party, and social organization unity within the group. They are expected to create committees at the next ALBA meeting to discuss how to go forward with that. This comes a week after Morales said that Latin American nations should end military cooperation with the U.S.
Based on: http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1007963&lang=eng_news
This is like a bad historical parody. The worst part is it is real. The proposal of merging military efforts may stand out as the most dangerous element to this when combined with seperating from U.S. cooperation. Instead, the merging of political parties will be the major problem. Having the same political parties cross borders is how the Nazi party initially tried to take over Austria.
The merging of military forces followed the Anschluss and incorporated Czech Republic forces with Austrian forces and German forces before the invasion of Poland. The merging of the ALBA military forces would be strenuous to command and difficult to maintain without a purpose for a joint command. The nations Hitler conquered needed the war effort to maintain the propoganda and military cohesion that the "liberated" nations needed to have under a Nazi regime.
Will Honduras provide the war these nations need to unite their military forces? If so, they will obviously overwhelm Honduras unless we intervene. When Honduras is done, they must be expecting another war to be able to continue their efforts. If we don't intervene, with who will they go to war?
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