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  • #31
    Do any whites live there?
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    • #32
      i think its gret the europeans are doing this. I dont know that many are need - IIRC Alison des Forges has said that 2000 could have stopped the genocide in Rwanda. I think thats the idea here.
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      • #33
        Originally posted by Boddington's
        Do any whites live there?
        Humanitarian aid workers, UN personnel, possibly some clerics. Good enough for you to piss on?
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        • #34
          not enough to have a reason not to nuke the area

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          • #35
            Originally posted by Ecthelion
            not enough to have a reason not to nuke the area


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            • #36
              Great minds think alike...

              but then:

              Fools seldom differ... or was it?

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              • #37
                OK, I'm the great mind and you're the fool. Compromise?
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                • #38
                  There's a lot of natural resources in the country. Of cource the EU would want to get their fingers into it and get some connections for the future. I'm eager to find out if there's something special about the region of Ituri in this regard. A battalion can do nothing for the millions already dead in the country.

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                  • #39
                    Re: EU peacekeepers soon in the DR of Congo

                    Originally posted by BeBro
                    Question for the military experts: what can 1400 soldiers do to stabilize an instable region full of rivalizing militias?
                    Get killed or embarresed.

                    Politically it is interesting because for the first time, the EU acts militarily on its own (some operations on the Balkan are now also under EU control, but they started as NATO ops). Could be a model for further operations.
                    It will likely end badly, and that is not a knock on Europe, it's a knock on the inane UN peace keeping missions.
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                    • #40
                      Well duh, that wasn't hard to find info about:
                      "The northern and eastern regions of the DRC, which are under the control of Congolese armed groups sponsored by Rwanda and Uganda, are rich in many precious resources, including diamonds, coltan, gold, and timber."

                      from:

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                      • #41
                        So why jump to the conlusion that the French, the Belgians etc are also in it for the resources? Why wouldn't we just cut a deal with the powers-that-be and avoid all the risk of seeing men returning in bodybags?
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                        • #42
                          I'm not saying that's the only reason or even the reason. I just predicted that it's probably something special about the region and voila! It would seem strange that they would take a risk of seeing men returing in bodybags just to protect some locals.

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                          • #43
                            I wish those guys luck. I don't envy them.

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by Kropotkin
                              I'm not saying that's the only reason or even the reason. I just predicted that it's probably something special about the region and voila! It would seem strange that they would take a risk of seeing men returing in bodybags just to protect some locals.
                              It is what they did in Ivory Coast recently, not to mention all western people evacuated including 300 american citizens.
                              Statistical anomaly.
                              The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by Ecthelion
                                anyone here read Todd's most recent book?
                                The end of the empire ? Yes I did.
                                Statistical anomaly.
                                The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

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