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Old 04-03-2011, 02:03 PM
 
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There are UN and French troops in the Ivory Coast.
In addition to that, the fiasco is almost over as the majority of Gbagbo's advisors have deserted him. We will have to wait and see what the French interests are in all of this. Nonetheless, as small (relative) as this crisis may be, it sets about an important precedent which needs to replicated throughout the continent.
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Old 04-03-2011, 02:04 PM
 
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OK, I think I've got Obama's line of thinking down:

Threaten to cause a massacre (Libya) you get bombed

Actually cause a massacre (Ivory Coast) no problem, no bombs.
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Old 04-03-2011, 02:10 PM
 
Location: SW Missouri
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allow me to give you a brief lesson in American military strategy....

oil = military intervention

no oil = no military intervention.

20yrsinBranson
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Old 04-03-2011, 06:22 PM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
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There are UN and French troops in the Ivory Coast.
10,000+ UN peacekeepers I believe....and 1000 people were STILL massacred.

Imagine how bad it could have been....
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Old 04-03-2011, 06:36 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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If unimportant Africans are killed and the mainstream media never really reports, did a massacre ever really happen?
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Old 04-07-2011, 03:38 PM
 
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If unimportant Africans are killed and the mainstream media never really reports, did a massacre ever really happen?
you mean mainstream as in cable news--- if fox-cnn etc never report it? im sure if we weren't in Libya and this happened it would not be news worthy at all
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