Tiny Honduras handed over a Syrian death merchant to face justice in the U.S. That's right: The same 'coup-government that the Obama administration reviles is one of the very few helping us fight terror.

"As shadowy moneymen in the terror underworld go, not many are as unsavory as Jamal Yousef, an ex-Syrian military man turned terrorist arms supplier. Three years ago in Honduras, undercover U.S. agents caught him trying to sell 100 AR-15 assault rifles, 100 M-16 assault rifles, 10 M-60 machine guns, C-4 explosives, 2,500 hand grenades, rocket-propelled grenades and as many as 18 surface-to-air missiles to Colombia's FARC Marxist narcoterrorists.

"His price? A ton of cocaine, something he knew how to ‘move.’

"Honduran cops put him away for petty charges, but he did only three years in prison that ended this week.

"Instead of letting him walk, the Honduran government put him on a plane bound for New York to stand trial on narcoterror conspiracy charges, arriving there Wednesday. If convicted, Yousef faces at least 20 years in one of our slammers.

"The extradition was noteworthy because Honduras has been blasted by Obama administration officials over what it claims is a coup around the Honduran Supreme Court's removal of former President Mel Zelaya, a Chavista leftist who on June 28 illegally tried to extend his term in office.

"The Obama administration presumes to know Honduran law better than the Honduran Supreme Court and has yanked visas of Honduran officials, condemned the tiny country in the United Nations and the Organization of American States, and refused to recognize anyone in the current government.

"It could be worse — economic sanctions are also possible — but it's bad enough.

"In light of how hard it is to get any nation — even a friend — to extradite a criminal to the U.S., what Honduras did for a nation that refuses to recognize its government was rather remarkable.

"Mexico, by contrast, didn't start extraditing terrorists until a couple of years ago, and other countries still refuse to do so.

"Lest we forget, Americans have suffered at the hands of the FARC. Three were held in the jungle as FARC hostages for six years, during which 11 contractors and military personnel were killed. Anyone who arms these barbarians has American as well as Colombian blood on his hands.

"Yet in its press release, the Justice Department thanks everyone and his brother for the fine police work that resulted in this extradition — everyone, that is, except the Honduran government.

"How ungrateful can we be?"
 
Source: Investor’s Business Daily