03-07-2009, 06:44 PM
Jan Klimkowski Wrote:Quote: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!
...not to mention the time we kidnapped Aristide in Haiti...and a few tens of dozens of other such..
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