It might seem like Mr. Miyagi once tutored Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton on foreign policy. Since January, the administration has been practicing diplomatic Jujitsu: hands off (North Korea), hands on (Israel), hands off (Iran). This week, it’s hands on Honduras. In fact, the administration was so quick to condemn the “coup” in Honduras that you could almost hear the Karate whiplash sound. The AP reported today:

“Earlier, Obama said in a statement he was “deeply concerned” about the events, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Zelaya’s arrest should be condemned.”

Of course, we cannot blame Pat Morita, who passed away in 2005, for the administration’s interventionary/noninterventionary paradox. Obama and Clinton studied the lessons of Saul Alinsky, not Mr. Miyagi.| MORE ›