JINSA Appeals to State Dept. Not to Declare "Military Coup" (Honduras)

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I shortened the headline to fit. The original is:
Jewish Institute for Nat’l. Security Affairs, in the Name of “Democracy,” Appeals to State Dept. Not to Declare “Military Coup”

In good, ‘ole Israeli style, JINSA supports a murderous military coup and calls it the democratic thing to do and the US will have to pretend it knew nothing of JINSA’s press release (below) before it was issued.

Of course, with such a desperate plea coming from JINSA about a small country a half a world away, you must ask how much US military funding is going to Israel for assistance on Honduras. And, for all the people who discounted earlier reports about Israeli commandos training the Honduran military, you should probably re-read the evidence on this and figure out where you went wrong.

The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs today urged the State
Department to support democracy in Honduras by not designating former Honduran
President Manuel Zelaya`s removal from office a military coup, noting that such
a step would deprive the democratic country of Honduras of hundreds of millions
of dollars in desperately needed aid.

In an urgent appeal to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, JINSA executive
director Tom Neumann said:

"JINSA most strongly urges you not to make such a determination, and encourages
the U.S. to work cooperatively with the interim Honduran government as it
prepares for the election of a new president.

"The removal of then-President Zelaya was, in fact, a necessary step in the
preservation of democracy not the undermining of it. "

http://hondurasoye.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/jewish-institute-for-natl-security-affairs-in-the-name-of-democracy-appeals-to-state-dept-not-to-declare-military-coup/">full story

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1. I wonder why they chose to stick their nose into this?

It would not seem like any of their business. Could there be some money at stake somehow? Or what?

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2. Military contracts, a new friendly vote at the EU, but most importantly

Another Columbia (I.E a state that israel can really consider it's friend in the Spanish speaking world.)

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3. "a new friendly vote at the EU"?

Who would that be? You mean the OAS?