Reply #6: "Egg on his face". Um, that was Al, talking about Kerry's original

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statement about Zelaya prior to the coup. I think there was a report screw up which led Kerry to make that statement based on faulty legal reasoning. Kerry has tried to get it fixed.

I guess I am less upset about this because Al warned us. Plus, here is that al Jazeera article I posted in the other thread.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/11/20091141934390702.html

Zelaya seeks US clarity on return

Honduras' deposed president has sent a letter to the US secretary of state asking why US officials have said that they will recognise forthcoming Honduran elections even if he is not reinstated beforehand.

Manuel Zelaya on Wednesday asked Hillary Clinton "to clarify to the Honduran people if the position condemning the coup d'etat has been changed or modified".

The ousted leader's letter was sent after Thomas Shannon, the senior US envoy to Latin America, told CNN en Espanol that the US will recognise the November 29 elections even if the Honduran congress votes against Zelaya's return to power before the vote.

"Both leaders took a risk and put their trust in congress but, at the end of the day, the accord requires that both leaders accept its decision," Shannon said.

And here is a new article from AJ:

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/11/200911693436635693.html

I find their reporting on Latin America quite even handed. Notice how there is NO mention of the United States. The truth is Honduran politics are a big mess, there are a lot of moving pieces. We like to think of ourselves as the most important thing in foreign disputes when we are involved. But I don't think that is always the case.