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2011-04-03 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by Steve White 2011-04-03 14:16|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Wonder if Samantha Powers will demand that we intervene in the Ivory Coast?

since we are not threatened by the IC, nor do we have a strategic national interest, I'd say the odds are 100% on her urging intervention

Posted by Frank G 2011-04-03 14:57|| 2011-04-03 14:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Nah. She has her eye on moving east to box in Israel to the advantage of the Palestinians. Through the UN of course, to make it 'legal' and 'moral'.

Posted by lotp 2011-04-03 15:24|| 2011-04-03 15:24|| Front Page Top

#3 since we are not threatened by the IC, nor do we have a strategic national interest, I'd say the odds are 100% on her urging intervention

I'd disagree. Gbagbo is Christian and he's losing. What's not to like (from Powers's standpoint)? We can look forward to an end to the media's coverage of Ivory Coast once Gbagbo's French-backed Muslim opponent wins and starts massacring Christians. The slaughter is already beginning.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-04-03 19:34|| 2011-04-03 19:34|| Front Page Top

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