a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8168326.stm"BBC:/abr /br /blockquotebThe ousted president of Honduras has briefly crossed the country's border with Nicaragua, in a symbolic move the US has described as a "reckless".br /br /...br /br //bpMr Zelaya, surrounded by supporters and journalists and talking into a mobile phone, lifted the chain marking the border between Nicaragua and Honduras in the frontier town of Los Manos and walked underneath it. /ppThe BBC's Stephen Gibbs said the military personnel retreated by about 20m (yards) as he did so, apparently unclear how to react. /ppMr Zelaya, wearing his customary cowboy-style hat, walked up to a sign reading "Welcome to Honduras" but did not go any further into the country. /ppLess than 30 minutes later, the ousted leader crossed back into Nicaragua, saying the risk of bloodshed was too great. /pp"I am not afraid but I'm not crazy either," he told Venezuelan-based TV network Telesur. "There could be violence and I don't want to be the cause."br //pp...br //pbr //blockquoteThese little episodes do not suggest a deep thinker. His flying circus did not work and neither will symbolic gestures of meaninglessness. He can do these side shows every week until his term expires, but it will not change the facts.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5051247-726673136471725781?l=prairiepundit.blogspot.com'//div
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