Isn’t it resonable to pick your spots?
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My position on how to deal with Gbagbo and the military units who support him has been clear from the beginning so I have no problem with the UN or the French or anyone firing on Gbagbo's palace or the military bases... but by doing so after allowing the Northern forces to cross the buffer zone first gives the impression that their actions are in support of the assault from the North. I therefore state that both the UN and the French are complicit in any war crimes committed by the northern forces after their unopposed crossing of the buffer zone.
I read their actions as simple pragmatism. Opposing the northern forces would have been a finger in the dyke; firing on the positions of the soon to be defeated side who were needlessly prolonging the fighting seems to be both a humanitarian move and a smart one in this context. How often do you see all those things go hand-in-hand?
The nemesis of all travelers in the bush
– a checkpoint with half-dressed looking buzzards with FNs.
Similar to most African countries, the stats from the early 90s reflect some grandiose change that only later escalates in spite of all these so-called security measures and newly-formed extensions of the government.
There’s nothing mystical about an armed shakedown in the dark and most of the folks that were purportedly turned over to authorities were hardly thieves – rather political opposition that would be later “detained” under (fill in reason here).
Cheers for the insightful PM ;)
No personal attacks if you please.
I edited your post to remove the unnecessary verbiage, ganulv. You're new so this is a warning with no points assessed but the basic rule is attack the message and not the messenger. You're entitled to your opinion and you can certainly vent it to your monitor but try to avoid putting it in through the keyboard if it entails anything approaching name calling.
Ho, who knew Stan was awake... :D
So the beat cop can now go back to sleep. You guys be cool -- and my exes weren't nice enough to cal me an ass, there were other anatomical pats involved as I recall...
That would be parts. Can't spell right when asleep... :D
Better to quote my ass these days !
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Stan
There’s nothing mystical about an armed shakedown in the dark and most of the folks that were purportedly turned over to authorities were hardly thieves – rather political opposition that would be later “detained” under (fill in reason here).
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The United Nations mission in Ivory Coast (ONUCI) said on Saturday that traditional hunters known as Dozos fought alongside Ouattara's forces and took part in killing 330 people in the western town of Duekoue.
Then of course diplomatic regret and denial :rolleyes:
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"The government (Ouattara's) notes with regret that the allegations of the deputy chief of ONUCI human rights division are not supported by any evidence after its preliminary investigation," Ouattara's government said in a statement.
It also denied that Dozos were part of its forces.