Battle for the Ivory Coast!

[city414]

[quote=SoCalCroozer;18569762]Who cares about Ivory coast?

NOT MANY UNFORTUNATELY and we all know you dure in the hell dont!

Maybe all the unemployed black Americans should go back to Africa and fight for their ancestors and mother Africa.

since when you became a scholar on where african americans ancestors came from exactly and its not the ivory coast!!! hel the ivory coast didnt exist then so basically you have black americans going back to a country that did not exist then wtf

I mean after all.......they are AFRICAN Americans right?

WTF LOL, they who..just because american blacks have ancestors from certAIN PARTS OF AFRICA does not mean we have ancestors in specific countries as of now such as the IC

[city414]

I'm not saying that Gbagbo is a good person, but one of his stated reasons for clinging to power is that many Ouattara supporters (Muslims) have voiced their intentions to purge (exterminate) the country of Christians as soon as they have control of the country's military. This could be Rawanda all over again.

-JessicaC

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[calibro1]

Originally Posted by Icy Tea

And now the frenchies step in militarily( !!!) and save the day. The world has gone topsy turvy. I guess coffee and cocoa will now be safe to export.
The only fly in the ointment to the new world order is Gaddafi remaining in power and keeping all that oil. At least until they assassinate him.

NWO? Really? The war in Cote d'Ivoire was about how do we define democracy in Africa? Do we still do concessions and split governments, or do we uphold the law? This is a tough question. I suggest you read up a little bit about Cote d'Ivoire before stating conspiracy theories.

[ovcatto]

Originally Posted by calibro1

This is a tough question.

Not really.

[EdwardA]

Originally Posted by calibro1

Northerners and Southerners in Cote d'Ivoire have not always fought. In my family we have a mix. This is REALLY common. In fact we also have a few Lebanese and French people in the mix too.

Studies have shown that communities with high rates of inter-ethnic marriage lead to higher incidences of ethnic rivalries and wars. Sixty percent of Jews in Germany were married to Gentiles in 1933, when Hitler took over. Hutis and Tutsi had been intermarrying for centuries.