Time for US intervention in the Congo to Stop the Cannibalism

[freegeeks]

sorry, with both sides troops and refugees crossing the borders, it's hard to tell anymore.

It doesn't change the effect France had as mediators, nor the position their troops will be seen as enemies on the battlefield, even as a UN force. Should we be suprised another one of France's former colonies is still having problems? Look at Haiti...

dude, the whole of Africa is basically a mess so don't start with the french bashing. Drop it, you don't have a clue what you are talking about. You are probably also mixing up the situation in Ivory Coast.

French and Belgian troops have to intervene every couple of years in the region. It's not something new.

And about Haiti, the US has intervened a couple of times now and it's still a mess so .............

 

[Alistar7]

No, I am not talking about the Ivory coast, and I am well aware of what it is happening in both regions. I have been discussing this issue for quite some time on here actually, where were you? Feel free to search through some of my threads no longer on the forum page about this, I think I have a decent handle on the situation....

The US intervened in Haiti by using military force to resotre a democratically elected leader. They then immediately turned everything over to the UN, who has been in charge ever since. I agree it's a mess, but who has had control there for years over that situation?

The French went to act as mediators and wound up getting both sides piss*d at them, the "rebel's" also recently stated French troops would be seen as the enemy in the field.
Why am I telling you this again? You are so up on things there you know this of course. Nice to see the UN sending targets to act as peacekeepers. Maybe they can control the looting of their own building next time with the additional forces.

Have you looked at a map recently?

 

[Alistar7]

there I was

there I was

there I was












in the Congo......


anyone else remember that commercial? what was that for?

 

[Alistar7]

DRC rebel group says French UN troops would be viewed as "enemies"



French military team in DR Congo's Bunia to pave way for int'l force

Tens of thousands of refugees fleeing the fighting are on the move in jungles littered with land mines and infested by murderous gangs, and calls are growing for the United Nations to act more strongly to prevent a return to anarchic tribal bloodshed that has killed dozens in Ituri in recent days.


Carla del Ponte, chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia and Congo's neighbor Rwanda, said the killing in Ituri bordered on genocide.


"Our evaluation, from what we know, it could be a genocide," she told a group of reporters at the United Nations in New York.


France is taking a lead role in drafting a U.N. Security Council resolution that would approve one U.N. member state going to the former Zaire, a former Belgian colony now called Democratic Republic of Congo (news - web sites) (DRC), to help quell the fighting.


U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) said the United Nations had sent out a request to all governments "with capacity."


"France has indicated that in principle it is prepared to participate in such a force, provided there is a clear mandate and other governments join in," he told reporters.


Rival Congolese ethnic groups and Rwanda questioned France's motives for wanting to become involved in a conflict in which more than three million people have died, according to aid agencies, mostly through war-related starvation or disease.


Rwanda remains deeply suspicious of France for allegedly intervening in order to slow the advance of Tutsi rebels seeking to end Rwanda's 1994 genocide and overthrow the French-backed Rwandan government of the time. France dismisses the charge.

you're right, we shouldn't bash the French for their roles they choose, looks like France will be welcome there as well...

 

[freegeeks]

Have you looked at a map recently?

Oh the irony. I had to tell everyone in this thread that you guys were mixing up 2 different countries

 

[Alistar7]

please keep defending the French, tell me how their guidance in Rwanda was so beneficial....


Did you miss the articles I linked for you or something?

 

[JellyBaby]

Originally posted by: freegeeks

The next time I visit the Belgium Congo or the Public of the People's Congo I will mention my good friend freenuts and how he corrected everyone back in the States on the proper label for their country!

Please

When you discuss something, do a bit of research and don't mix up 2 different countries. In a pathetic attempt to bash the french you don't even know the countries you are talking about.

At least Piablemoose admits his mistake and I congragulate him for that.

But you're an arrogant pencil neck, freenutz, judging by the tone of your posts and no offense intended of course. Yet you expect a friendly response? Please.

 

[freegeeks]

LOL

Just look at the daily "let's bash the europeans and especially the french" threads

Who is being arrogant .....

Whatever -- carry on

 

[Alistar7]

Originally posted by: freegeeks
LOL

Just look at the daily "let's bash the europeans and especially the french" threads

Who is being arrogant .....

Whatever -- carry on

I prefer them to the baseless "let's bash Bush and the USA" threads, at least these are factual in nature.


Why don't you dress up like the French soldiers you love so much and go there, then you can see the effect their presense as mediators has had, in case you don't take the rebel's word or mine.

Why don't you enable your profile to show your location? Coward? French? My bad, that was redundant.

 

[freegeeks]

I prefer them to the baseless "let's bash Bush and the USA" threads, at least these are factual in nature.


Why don't you dress up like the French soldiers you love so much and go there, then you can see the effect their presense as mediators has had, in case you don't take the rebel's word or mine.

Why don't you enable your profile to show your location? Coward? French? My bad, that was redundant.

LOL

which facts -- the fact that you are mixing up different countries????

Do some research buddy -- how old are you anyway -- you can't be older then 14 or you must be really stupid

note: I enabled my profile -- what now ?? are you going to rate me? Are you going to catch a plane to pick a fight with me??


LOL