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The Ivory Coast
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Why don't I know about it? It sounds like the French are being a little hypocritical... Is there some media convention not to report it? Why did the US not use it hen they were slagging the french off? (How come the Sun didn't use it come to think of that!)
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I don't see how that situation is linked to Iraq. The French didn't want to 'liberate' the Ivorian people or rid the country of weapons of mass destruction.
Funny how it's OK if you're a former colonial power...
But where the hell in the UN?
Like Iraq. My question has become how could the world let this go on. And I'll say it again. If the Iraqis weren't Muslims would the world have let them be tortured?
Probabley yes because the world dont give a shit i think the lack of reaction in the past in places such as Africa and Asia has proven this
The people in Iraqi maybe liberated from a brutal dictator but i dont think the liberation was wholly on humantarian grounds. Nor do i think that it was about WMDs because if a terriorist wanted to get hold of biological or chemical weapons i'am sure they is easier ways to get them. In the end it comes to installing a Pro-American government in the middle east which would give the US a stable oil exporter as Saudi Arabia has proven to be unreliable (majority of the 9-11 hijackers were from saudi arabia).
I think that question says it all really...
Actually it has been mentioned a few times in the British press as an example of French hypocrisy over Iraq. Perhaps you don't know about it because some group have been more interested in using the French position to bash the US than in finding out what the French are up to themselves.
Far be it for me to point out that some people have been pointing out that the French really have been skating on thin ice for some time...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2981383.stm
Looks like an extremely messy situation. Hard to know if France should stay out of the way or try to help.
Interesting analysis of the all-too-common cycle of post colonialism, dictatorship, failed democracy and coups:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2317395.stm
Doesn't sound to me like an invasion.
Situation so far
Have read up on this and it sounds more like peace-keeping than US style invasion.
Not very easy being the "peace keeper" when you actively support one side...
Actually, it's much easier when you take sides. You just wipe out the other side, et voila, with only one side left there is bound to be peace.