French soldiers invaded Ivory Coast this weekend, to protect foreigners and battle Muslim rebels.
France, acting unilaterally, has yet to call on the UN Security Council to bless its cowboy actions.
Yeah, but their western style shirts are mauve, and have fashionable tassles.
Is cheese eating while wearing cockroach in a corner killer boots against the laws of nature?
Yes, and when the French troops get there, they'll show them fierce surrenderin' that the Cote d'Ivoire is not soon to forget.
As much as I hate the French, they're not doing anything out of the ordinary here. As a former French colony, Cote d'Ivoire is more or less a member of the French Community (their equivalent of the British Commonwealth of former colonies). As such, the French armed forces have acted in the region on a number of occasions in the past 40 years since independence.
From the State Department website:
A mutual defense accord signed with France in 1961 provides for the stationing of French forces in Cote d'Ivoire. The 43rd Marine Infantry Battalion is based in Port Bouet adjacent to the Abidjan Airport and has more than 500 troops assigned.
Cheers,
Mzilikazi
Why should they? There's no need for the UN to investigate the Ivory Coast for weapons of mass destruction.
The French probably still have the invoices and receipts.
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=9278DE2F-4DB5-4028-A8846D6C0D022676
Looks like we are joining the Frenchies.
They brought the Whine, we bring the Cheese!
The French reinforced their troops incountry and are poised..., well, I'm not sure to do what, but they are sure poised.
Meanwhile, a school full of kids it threatened and the US is sending a company of troops, about 200, to rescue them.
The crack French troops remain poised...
