Comments on: Honduras coup leaders schooled in Georgia http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/29/honduras-coup-leaders-schooled-in-georgia/ Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:08:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hugh http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/29/honduras-coup-leaders-schooled-in-georgia/comment-page-1/#comment-106547 Hugh Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:14:09 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21654#comment-106547 This is not a coup. If anything it is an action to counter the attempted coup by the former president This is not a coup. If anything it is an action to counter the attempted coup by the former president

]]> By: Juliana http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/29/honduras-coup-leaders-schooled-in-georgia/comment-page-1/#comment-106534 Juliana Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:09:36 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21654#comment-106534 Also of note is that according to US Navy Adm. James S. Stavridis, who met in late Jan 2009 with President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, Defense Minister Aristides Mejia Carranza and Defense Chief Maj. Gen. Romeo Orlando Vasquez Velasquez (coup leader) "The arrival of four U.S.-funded “fast boats,” slated for delivery that day, will further enhance Honduras’ drug-interdiction capabilities, Rodriguez explained. The United States is providing the boats, as well training and equipment to operate and maintain them, through the Enduring Friendship security assistance program. By 2010, the United States plans to buy four light observation aircraft for the Honduran military to augment the four the Hondurans recently bought to support counter-trafficking, he said. Stavridis noted the long history of friendship and cooperation between the United States and Honduras that he said has paved the way for important security successes. He thanked Honduran leaders for their support for Joint Task Force-Bravo, Southcom’s only permanently deployed U.S. forces in the region, which has operated in Honduras since 1983." Read the rest here. http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=1540 Your tax dollars at work, and flushed down the drain. Also of note is that according to
US Navy Adm. James S. Stavridis, who met in late Jan 2009 with President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, Defense Minister Aristides Mejia Carranza and Defense Chief Maj. Gen. Romeo Orlando Vasquez Velasquez (coup leader)

“The arrival of four U.S.-funded “fast boats,” slated for delivery that day, will further enhance Honduras’ drug-interdiction capabilities, Rodriguez explained.

The United States is providing the boats, as well training and equipment to operate and maintain them, through the Enduring Friendship security assistance program.

By 2010, the United States plans to buy four light observation aircraft for the Honduran military to augment the four the Hondurans recently bought to support counter-trafficking, he said.

Stavridis noted the long history of friendship and cooperation between the United States and Honduras that he said has paved the way for important security successes.

He thanked Honduran leaders for their support for Joint Task Force-Bravo, Southcom’s only permanently deployed U.S. forces in the region, which has operated in Honduras since 1983.”
Read the rest here.
http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=1540

Your tax dollars at work, and flushed down the drain.

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