Events In Honduras

[Jan Klimkowski]

Excerpt from Wednesday's State Department press briefing:

"QUESTION: And so this is properly classified as a military coup?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL ONE: Well, I mean, it’s a golpe de estado. The military moved against the president; they removed him from his home and they expelled him from a country, so the military participated in a coup. However, the transfer of leadership was not a military action. The transfer of leadership was done by the Honduran congress, and therefore the coup, while it had a military component, it has a larger – it is a larger event."

As far as I can tell, a golpe de estado occurred when the fascist military overthrew Allende in Chile in 1973.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golpe_de_Es...re_de_1973

Of course that was part of Operation Condor, so it was a Yankee-sanctioned coup d'etat.

Is that the real meaning of this State Department doublespeak?

Yes, it's a golpe d'estado, but it's our golpe d'estado - OK!