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2004-11-09 Africa: Subsaharan

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Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-11-09 8:58:17 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If I get the French, I can eat them

Yipes! At least the muslims don't look at us as their next meal. Gives you a whole new perspective on combat.

Posted by N Guard 2004-11-09 9:03:44 AM|| 2004-11-09 9:03:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 There are 14,000 French civilians in IC. There is no way the peacekeepers can protect them all. This can get very ugly very quickly.

Posted by ed 2004-11-09 9:23:59 AM|| 2004-11-09 9:23:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 looks like the french would have retreating down too an art by now. There may be 14,000 but you know they gotta leave a few behind too keep them off their back long enough too get out

Posted by smokeysinse 2004-11-09 10:20:23 AM|| 2004-11-09 10:20:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Sacraficial snacks to enable a Strategic Retreat? Now there is some new military doctrine!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-11-09 11:08:51 AM|| 2004-11-09 11:08:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Frenchies probably taste like snails.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-09 11:12:28 AM|| 2004-11-09 11:12:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 unwashed snails

Posted by Pheretle Omavise6947 2004-11-09 11:21:05 AM|| 2004-11-09 11:21:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 French, the other white meat.

Posted by VRWconspiracy 2004-11-09 11:32:15 AM|| 2004-11-09 11:32:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 New military doctrine? Perhaps, but the Russians have been throwing passengers over the back of the troika, to distract the ravenous wolves, for centuries. I recall seeing a famous painting on the subject, so I know its true. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2004-11-09 11:47:00 AM|| 2004-11-09 11:47:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Colonialist-oppressor soup?

Posted by Anonymous6236 2004-11-09 12:15:24 PM|| 2004-11-09 12:15:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Yesterday's Le Monde editorial meme was that French military needs to get out of IC as a hell of a lot happened after the soldiers were bombed. The planes landed and were subsequently shot up and put out of commission by Frenchies. Ditto IC Mi-24 helicopters, but one. Citizens heard about this and went on the famous rampage. French forces wounded around 400 and killed around 400, according to Red Cross, in the aftermath. Le Mondes's solution: Get the hell out of Dodge and hand everything over to UN. In fact, everything had already been handed over to the UN; French were basically taking orders from UN and tasked with separating Northern rebels and govt forces. Now, they've got to keep foreigners out of harm's way in addition to trying to keep "peace".

BTW, planes and helos had been performing missions on North since Thursday (Bombing took place on Saturday). Guess who had control of airport? French. Why didn't they stop these missions, which were explicitly against the UN sponsored agreement which outlined steps to national unity? (one of the steps being the presence of peacekeepers) Didn't want to make the natives restless. Well, that's a fine kettle of fish you've gotten us into, Stanley.

It was funny to watch Le Monde preen and squirm at the same time. Preening: We're not there to rob the country of its natural resources, namely coffee and cocoa, unlike the Amerloques in Iraq, and everbody knows why they are there. Squirming: Given our good intentions then, why do they hate us? N'importe, let's take the bullseye off the backs of French soldiers and let African nations and UN fix problem (Where have you heard that before?). This is Le Monde's attitude, so you can paint it as pretty much mainstream thinking in the salons of French govt. After 12 deaths (total) and around 40 wounded. And two years of effort. Any bets that Iraq will be up and running (albeit not perfectly) before IC will? Le Monde didn't make a call for an investigation into the fireworks. If W wanted to drag its feet in UN as payback, oh he so easily could. Like ask UN to investigate violence before any further resolutions are passed. Now's the time to tell Kofi/Jacques behind closed doors that if they're nice to us in Iraq, we can be nice to them re IC.

Now aren't you glad Nov. 2 went to Bush? Use the UN for things it can do; ignore the rest, specifically Kofi's advice on Fallujah.

Posted by chicago mike 2004-11-09 1:02:23 PM|| 2004-11-09 1:02:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 The Ivorians have to remember, though, don't eat the chitlins. They give you kuru. Or so Michael Moore's MD told me.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-11-09 1:04:36 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-11-09 1:04:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Eat the FRENCH? Ghanians I can understand. Burkina-Fasoans may be permissible (they're Mandinka, if I remember correctly). Niger inhabitants are taboo, and so are Togoans. But the FRENCH? It gives me indigestion to even THINK about it!

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-11-09 2:10:58 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-11-09 2:10:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I would rather it dirt.

Posted by raptor 2004-11-09 4:18:12 PM|| 2004-11-09 4:18:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Eat merde and die!

Posted by Sgt.D.T. 2004-11-09 4:35:40 PM|| 2004-11-09 4:35:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 I'm gonna eat your children!

Posted by Mike Tyson 2004-11-09 6:54:38 PM|| 2004-11-09 6:54:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 i would be of thought you would be pleaed with deep fried ears... excellent, crunchy with a hint of nuance

Posted by half 2004-11-09 7:04:30 PM|| 2004-11-09 7:04:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 It'd be like eating dirty feet.

Posted by BillH 2004-11-09 7:47:00 PM|| [http://www.worldwar4.net] 2004-11-09 7:47:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Quagmireâ¢

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-09 8:56:29 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-11-09 8:56:29 PM|| Front Page Top

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