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G UK · 03-04-2011, 21:25

Arn't UN and French troops already in the Ivory Coast?

The legal UN backed president appears to also have the superior firepower and control most of the country and his supporters are likely to finish off his opposition by themselves. The issue is that the legal UN backed president's supporters have been implicated in the murder of civilians, as have the supporters of his rival.

What exactly would we do? Air power is useless in urban areas where the bulk of fighting is and ground troops (which are already there to some degree) can't do much without UN backing or fighting the UN backed presidents forces.

Now tell me the situation is the same as Libya!!

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G UK Inactive Join Date: May 2007 Location: NG15 Age: 43 Services: TIVO, XL TV, XL BB, M Phone Posts: 333	Re: Ivory Coast - is this hypocrisy? Arn't UN and French troops already in the Ivory Coast? The legal UN backed president appears to also have the superior firepower and control most of the country and his supporters are likely to finish off his opposition by themselves. The issue is that the legal UN backed president's supporters have been implicated in the murder of civilians, as have the supporters of his rival. What exactly would we do? Air power is useless in urban areas where the bulk of fighting is and ground troops (which are already there to some degree) can't do much without UN backing or fighting the UN backed presidents forces. Now tell me the situation is the same as Libya!!