One Man's Coup is Another Man's Revolution

Obama sides with the dictator in Honduras and plays slow pitch with Iran's brutal crackdown on protesters. In fact, he shows no love for those struggling for freedom. His reticence, or inability, to act in favor of democratic movements may reveal his moral relativism more than his straight up support for these evil regimes. I hope. Let's work from the theory that, in fact, it is his postmodern inclinations toward ethical ambiguity that allow him to leave so many freedom lovers out in the cold.

For our current administration, this is a real quandry. On the one hand, they know that Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, and others have some real bad apples at the helm. However, it seems kind of dangerous to condone overthrowing the government. That's a slippery slope, you know. What prevents a populace from remaking their government whenever they want? According to America's founders, one simple, profound, elegant, brilliant thing... the transcendent idea of liberty preserved by the democratic rule of law. Translation: Rulers are subject to a predetermined set of guidelines that, if not followed to the letter, provide the moral justification for throwing the bums out. It can happen every week if necessary.

Tyrants will try to protest the end of their fat-cat, parasitic existence with decent-sounding excuses, but in the end, they are just trying to hang onto power.

The justification is there. The question now is, are American citizens educated enough about their own political DNA to recognize that they have a president who does not know where his authority comes from.