Obama doesn't like oppressed people

I always felt that one of America's best qualities was that it was that we spread the hope of liberty to all oppressed people. We showed that the common man could throw down the shackles of oppression to form a government of the people. We stood up to the most powerful nation(twice) and beat them. We are the first country in history that has not used our superior armies to conquer foreign nations. We have stood up to tyrants throughout history before they could conquer the world, and when we couldn't(or wouldn't) stand up we gave aid to our oppressed brothers and sisters. We started VOA(voice of America) to get our message of freedom and liberty to oppressed nations. Maybe this is a Frank Capra-ish view, but it is my view. The last 2 weeks however America has changed, thanks to the Obama administration.

First was the Iranian election. For those of you that don't know how Iran works, here's a brief rundown. The supreme leader(Khamenei) has the final say over all matters, he decides if the person elected is the one that is best for Iran's(and more importantly HIS) ideas. After the June elections Ahmadinejad was declared the winner. His opponent Mousavi and his followers cried "foul"! They took to the streets in the 100's of thousands. There were brutal crackdowns on these peaceful protests that included the now infamous killing of a young woman. After a week of protests, killings and beatings our President finally spoke to the people of Iran to give them hope by saying to the government of Iran "stop all the violent and unjust actions against their own people" Wow that's pretty harsh, what's more interesting is he made this weak statement after being pressured by his own staff to make a statement. Nothing saying America will stand with the oppressed, or anything else to give support to the Iranian people.

Now lets look at Honduras. The president (Manuel Zelaya) wanted to become a dictator by being allowed to be president longer than the constitution says. The supreme court and congress of Honduras said no to this, however he wasn't going to let his dreams of a dictatorship rest. The congress contacted the military to "get rid" of the president. Now here's the interesting thing. The military arrested the president and took him to the airport to go to Costa Rica. After doing this the military gives power BACK to the congress! They in turn vote in an interim president, who is from the same party as the ousted president! The interim president says the January elections will go on as planned and he WILL NOT run for president. This has to be the most peaceful and democratic coup of all times! When was the last time you heard of a coup that the military didn't want to control the country, and that congress put the same party back in power? Now here's how Obama reacts. He says that Zelaya is the democratic president and the coup was illegal! He does however have some people that back him on this, most notably Chavez, Ortega and the Castro bros. That's some good company for an American president to have. Take that Honduras how dare you oust a would be dictator!

What does this say to our neighbors? America will no longer stand with the just and right, and will stand with dictators and tyrants! Sorry world Obama doesn't care about your right to freedom and liberty.