CAR Central African Republic: Fragile, failed and forlorn

[Stan]

"Humanitarian interventionists" (to include HRW and Samantha Power) have a tendency to sugarcoat their interventions; so as to distinguish them from operations by those bad "military interventionists".

Regards

Mike

Mike,
Great pics as always !

A few of my own herein for your viewing pleasure.

2 of 5 C5s that descended on Ndjili airport under the guise of humanitarian roles to send hawk missile batteries to Chad along the Libyan border. Once in Zaire, the cargo would have to be transferred to AN124 aircraft that were freshly painted white with blue UN painted onto the fuselages. The nearly sober Ukrainian flight crew would supposedly then deliver the batteries. In the end, with the AN crew in town and trashed, our camouflaged birds ended up delivering the cargo anyway.

Didn’t take long for a political party to arrive in one of many versions of Air Force 1. Gotta get that passport stamped before returning home !

Having no place to sleep, we set up in an airport bathroom with embassy-provided furnishings. Yes, that’s me after 72 hours… at least the toilets were close by !

Regards, Stan