Originally Posted by
Jafro
No. Popular opinion has nothing to do with standing up for Democracy. In case anyone forgot, that's what we've been doing in EVERY war since 1776. For every country, and in every instance except for Jimmy Carter with Lebanon, and Barack with Iran and Honduras.
You may want to brush up on your history. The US has openly and generously supported plenty of dictators in the distant and not-so-distant past. National interests trump ideology, period.
Hondurans are standing up for democracy, no differently than the Iranians. People have even died. The Iranian's signs in Tehran were in ENGLISH. I think that's significant that even people in other countries are calling out to English-speaking democratic countries for support, and DIDN'T GET IT.
There's no 2 ways about it, that's un-American, and anti-democratic. That's a stance that our country has never taken except for once in over 200 years of history. Am I really the only person that sees anything wrong with this?
There are revolutions, reforms and coups practically on a daily basis around the world, and the US doesn't have a damn thing to say about the vast majority of them.
The reason Obammy didn't step up pressure during the Iranian elections is because he doesn't want to be perceived as meddling in their internal affairs. As many questionable things as he may have done up to this point, I wholeheartedly agree with his caution in dealing with that.