FREE HONDURAS!

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That's not "Free Honduras!" as in a call to action to free Honduras. That's "Free Honduras" as in a celebration of the current state of freedom in that tiny country, and a call to arms to preserve its freedom against the idiocy of our State Department.

Rick Richman of Commentary's Contentions Blog reports the current state of affairs in Honduras.

In the face of the stunning success of Honduran political institutions in preserving the rule of law of a democratic society, what is our State Department's rallying cry? Something like "Reinstall Zelaya now, to complete his remaining 2 months in office until the next election!" That's right, the Whiz Kids at State believe Freedom demands that ex-President Mel Z. be reinstated to complete his Constitutional term as President, even though he has been removed from office in accordance with that same Constitution.

Why was he removed from office? As we reported previously (click the title to this post above), because he violated the Constitution by trying to extend his term as President; and then violated lawful orders of the Supreme Court to desist from violating the Constitution; and then violated the law again by firing the head of the military for refusing to follow his illegal orders to violate the Constitution.

Honduras is, today, a free country, with a vibrant and strong Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branch who are all in agreement that Mel Zelaya is a criminal under Honduran law, a judgment agreed to by a consensus (that's more than a majority) of members of Mr. Zelaya's own political party and the major institutions of civil society as well.

Why would Mr. Zelaya want to return to power for a mere couple of months of Presidential power? Mr. Richman reports a quote from a September 4th article in the Nation, in which it states that Mr. Zelaya "has only one purpose, the transformation of Honduras, including deep structural changes."

I.e. Mr. Zelaya still seeks to overthrow the Constitutional system of Honduras through extra-Constitutional means.

In the face of this clearest of intentions by Mr. Zelaya, Phillip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State, and apparently the Secretary herself, Hillary Clinton, still believe that Mr. Zelaya needs to be reinstated.

If this is not a world turned upside down where the greatest exemplar of freedom, democracy and the rule of law, America, seeks to dictate lawlessness to a tiny neighbor to our south, then I don't know what is.

Free Honduras! And while we're at it, shackle the State Department. These people have no business negotiating anything bigger than Hillary and Bill's plane tickets to Bermuda.