Didn't Outtara's legitimacy go out the window three days ago when 1000 people were found dead at the hands of his armed mobs? Isn't this another example of a sub-Saharan zero-sum game?Originally Posted by M-A Lagrange
Didn't Outtara's legitimacy go out the window three days ago when 1000 people were found dead at the hands of his armed mobs? Isn't this another example of a sub-Saharan zero-sum game?
Example is better than precept.
Manufacturing Cote d'Ivoire's 'good guy'
An intriguing point Ryan !
Since the former Clintons wanted to save the Ivory Coast from the French and install Gbagbo, it seems only right that the second version of the Clinton Admin would now install a successor
As more details emerge about the massacres in Duékoué and elsewhere, about the atrocities committed in the struggle for Cote d'Ivoire, the international community finds itself in a difficult position. As Salon asked of US Republican Senator James Inhofe's "backing [of] a brutal despot," it must be asked: Will the international community, led by the UN and France, continue to support a man implicated in such gross violations?
For now, the tone of diplomacy seems to be one of lamentation and regret, rather than condemnation. Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, responded with "concern and surprise" to the news of mass killings in western Cote d'Ivoire, while Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, was "deeply concerned" and Jean Ping, the chairman of the AU, has urged both sides to "show restraint and protect civilians".
If you want to blend in, take the bus
That was an outcome which was entirely predictable. The media and diplomats are playing Ouattara up as a "banker" in whose mouth butter wouldn't melt. Nonsense of course.
If there is a half decent investigation he and the leaders of his forces will be in a real pickle.
Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara Forces Kill, Rape Civilians During Offensive
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