Reply #5: I'm not surprised by this at all. I think I posted in the other thread

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about what Shannon had said which led to Zelaya asking for "clarification" on America's position. It struck me that the Americans had thrown Zelaya under the bus at that point. They did not seem to be all that gung ho in defending Zelaya.

Kerry was trying to get a report changed that contained legal errors and was getting attacked big time by the Right for it (I think Kerry was in the right on what he was asking, but I am wondering why the error was made in the first place).

What is interesting is Al Giordano's last post on the matter dated Nov. 2nd:

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/3577/big-gun-us-labor-secretary-hilda-solis-heads-honduras-tuesday

He sounded hopeful. I'll be interested to hear what Al's take on the situation is. Thing is, he basically predicted what has happened. He never felt there was a deal in the first place.

I'm going to be blunt that this was Clinton's deal. Kerry helped out, but he wasn't going down to Honduras doing tough negotiations. In his Twitter post, he called it a "win for Clinton". You don't suppose he knew the thing was going to fall through, and decided she was going to get all the "credit"? I have no idea.