Good Clinton, Bad Clinton
Hillary and Pink White House
Here are two excerpts from Secretary Clinton’s remarks after meeting with Oscar Arias yesterday, a good one, and a bad one.
First, the bad (emphasis mine):
“Once again, the Costa Ricans will be using their good offices to try to encourage that to occur, because now that President Zelaya is back, it would be opportune to restore him to his position under appropriate circumstances, get on with the election that is currently scheduled for November, have a peaceful transition of presidential authority, and get Honduras back to constitutional and democratic order in a very – on a very clear path toward that goal.”
Now the good:
“But the important thing is that they begin the dialogue. And if they can come up with their own agreement, we would be fine with that. We just want to see this matter resolved peacefully, with an understanding that there will be the remainder of President Zelaya’s term to be respected, that the elections can go on, that there will be a peaceful transfer of power. I think everyone knows what the milestones need to be. It’s just a question of persuading and convincing and using our best efforts to try to get both sides to reach that point.”
In spite of that encouraging paragraph, please Mrs. Clinton, be silent. It is Zelaya you need to persuade, not Micheletti. Your words are doing more harm than good. You helped us get into this mess.
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