tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post3930636195008204760..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Blame gameGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-22077049982123578802012-07-01T17:16:09.938-04:002012-07-01T17:16:09.938-04:00If anything, they thought about Honduras, where ju...<i>If anything, they thought about Honduras, where just waiting it out gets what you want.</i><br /><br />Okay, but that point seems to defeat your other point that the United States shares none of the blame for what follows the Honduras debacle. Given that the United States was a clear impediment to an acceptable resolution to the Honduran coup (as you yourself seemed to begrudgingly concede at the time), the United States would seem to share some responsibility for what follows the Honduras debacle.<br /><br />Incidentally, I agree with you (1) that the countries that have the most power to affect the situation <i>in Paraguay</i> are Brazil and Argentina and (2) that they may be dropping the ball there, but that wasn't the situation in Honduras, and you know it wasn't the situation in Honduras. The United States was the only country with the capacity to effectively work to overturn the Honduras coup, and it did more than merely drop the ball on that count. It obstructed an acceptable resolution to the Honduras coup in ways that were far more egregious than whatever mistakes Brazil and Argentina might be making now.Justin Delacourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343303383195336825noreply@blogger.com