The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
Claire Berlinski, Ed. ·
Apr 12, 2011 at 5:27am
Yes, I really just wrote that headline, and it seems to be true.
After four months of a growing crisis which threatened to tip Ivory Coast into civil war, Gbagbo was detained on Monday by forces loyal to Oauttara at the presidential compound. French troops and UN peacekeepers, who had earlier struck Gbagbo's home in Abidjan from the air, provided crucial support.
All credit where credit is due: to France and the United Nations.
Strange world, no?
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Jan '11
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
At least somebody understands what it means to engage in une action militaire cinétique.
Edited on Apr 12, 2011 at 6:19amNov '10
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
The Ivory Coast today, the Sudan tomorrow....
Sep '10
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
Seems like France wants their colony back.
Aug '10
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
Gbagbo? There's just no way the life of someone with a name that begins with two consonants will end well. The UN should ship them some vowels. But he'll still sound like a Serbian clown.
Feb '11
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
Huh? Lots of everyday western names begin with two or even more consonants. Chris Christie, Walter Cronkite, Mike Krzyzewski. OK. Some of them aren't so everyday.
Aug '10
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
Hang On
Huh? Lots of everyday western names begin with two or even more consonants. Chris Christie, Walter Cronkite, Mike Krzyzewski. OK. Some of them aren't so everyday. · Apr 12 at 7:01am
Two hard consonants.
Jun '10
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
Gbagbo how do you write that in Hawaiian?
Aug '10
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
One question . Who did Gbagbo forget to pay ?
Sorry to sound so cynical, I didn't know that UN operated on a moral scruple basis. And what was the quid pro quo with the French concerning their action in Cote d 'Ivoire and our action ( in our secret NATO invisible suit) in Libya ?
Oct '10
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
Is there a paradigm shift here in the way interventions will take place in countries where there isn't necessarily an interest to get involved?
May '10
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
It is remarkable that France has forcibly intervened in two African countries simultaneously. But isn't North Africa where the majority of their immigrants come from? Changes in demography will cause changes in diplomacy.
Everything that was done could have been done without the U.N.
Nov '10
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
“At least 1,000 Christians were slaughtered last week at the Salesian Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus mission in Duekoue, Ivory Coast by Muslim troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara."
But --the Guardian assures us-- the end of the Gbagbo regime is an unalloyed good; truth commissions, full investigations, yada, yada.
Does anybody wonder why France is all in-your-evil-African-dictator-face these days? Not a drop of self-interest there?
Dec '10
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
I'm not nearly so sanguine. Check back in a year or two. There is no good guy here.
Ouattara forces carried out unspeakable crimes. Human Rights Watch said forces loyal to Ouattara killed hundreds of civilians, burned at least 10 villages and raped women from an ethnic group perceived to be loyal to Gbagbo.
The media, UN, and all the rest failed to report honestly on the situation, and few even mentioned anything about the religious strife, how illegal Muslims have swamped the north, and that Ouattara himself is Muslim. Nor do they mention the evidence that indeed the election was stolen, but not by Gbagbo.
I, for one, will continue to withhold my applause.
For another perspective watch Senator Inhofe's speech about it.
Inhofe on Cote d'Ivoire Crisis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T57CSvZF6BM&feature=player_embedded
Mar '11
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
It's funny how all these changes of Government seem to be going in the Islamist direction:
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/04/12/france-enables-an-islamist-takeover-of-ivory-coast/
Jan '11
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
France has quite a history of stomping around in her former colonies with nary a peep of international concern (46 "interventions" since 1960, according to this, further background here). It's less remarkable to me that it happened than that it's getting as much attention as it is. There are certainly questions worth asking: Was Gbagbo as bad as it's suddenly become fashionable to believe? Is Ouattara any better? I certainly don't know the answers, and precious few of us even have the resources to find out more. After all, who's your trusted go-to pundit on the political intrigues of French West Africa? I guess I'm willing, then, to defer to French judgment here. They've got a dog in this fight, and we simply don't. And frankly, I can't help but feel a bit of admiration for their willingness to pursue their national interests unapologetically and unhysterically.
Aug '10
Re: The End of Gbgabo: Vive la France and Long Live the UN
Well, okay, but when was the last time the U.N. did something right?