Quote Originally Posted by JMA View Post
Don't think you were there when I first raised this in the 'Ivory Coast' thread, so here we go:
Actually! the Ivory Coast thread is what lead me to this forum. IINM the proposal in regards to LG was made in the context of the FN’s build up and/or movement towards Abidjan. It was clear that Gbagbo was going to be gone sooner or later regardless and it seemed reasonable to expect that his inevitable exit would be marked by an improved situation in the short term and possibly in the medium term, as well. (As for the long term, well, it is Africa so let’s not be too sanguine.) But I just don’t think the same is true in the case of Assad and Syria.