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2004-02-16

U.N. peacekeepers not turning the other cheek in Congo

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2004-02-16 00:08|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 U.S. Institute of Peace, a federally FINANCED think tank?

WTF: Since when are our tax dollars going to think tanks?

Posted by SamIII 2004-2-16 7:47:56 AM|| [www.samlindsey.com] 2004-2-16 7:47:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "We need to intervene very forcefully and very quickly," said Dominique AitOuyahia-McAdams, the Frenchwoman who heads the U.N. mission in northeastern Ituri province and is headquartered in Bunia, the provincial capital 16 miles south of Iga-Barriere.

Ah, it all becomes clear now: A Frenchwoman is in charge.

Of course, with a hyphenated name ending in "-McAdams", one has to wonder how "French" her background is.

Posted by Ptah 2004-2-16 8:04:28 AM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-2-16 8:04:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 wow! A Dominique with more balls than De Villepin, and it's a woman?

Posted by Frank G 2004-2-16 8:08:16 AM|| 2004-2-16 8:08:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh-oh. When Kofi finds out will he send Capt. Willard up the river to terminate Dominique "with extreme prejudice"?

Posted by tu3031 2004-2-16 9:04:03 AM|| 2004-2-16 9:04:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "...Kill her for killing people in the Congo...like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500..."
(CUE 'THE END' BY THE DOORS)

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-2-16 9:11:27 AM|| 2004-2-16 9:11:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Our tax dollars have been going to think-tanks for decades. It they weren't every institution from the Rand Corporation to Johns Hopkins, from the Brookings to Harvard University and MIT would have to re-think their role in Society.

Posted by Tancred 2004-2-16 9:49:23 AM|| 2004-2-16 9:49:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 The USIP is a Congressionally mandated and funded organization, run by a retired senior ambassador. It's the organization that took the heat to hire Daniel Pipes. They aren't just earth muffin folks; although they're interested in peace, there are people there who actually understand that shooting people is sometimes useful in pursiot of that goal.

I've worked with Taylor Siebolt; he's got his head together. He set up an interesting brief on Iraq before General Jay Garner got fired.

The USIP web site (usip.org IIRC) has interesting things to look at--they have some interesting conferences that are streamed to the Web. I haven't looked at it in a while but it's worth a peek. I still use the book they put out that translated between military, NGO and IGO.

Posted by Chap 2004-2-16 10:49:34 AM|| 2004-2-16 10:49:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 They can probably expect a stern reprimand from Amnesia Internationl. Gunships and infantry are so... so... violent!

Nah, they just fired bullets around the tribesmen (think "A-Team"...)

Posted by Pappy 2004-2-16 9:24:08 PM|| 2004-2-16 9:24:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Joan of Arc,Sabine,Domi.Gotta wonder about those French Babes.

Posted by Raptor 2004-2-17 8:09:29 AM|| 2004-2-17 8:09:29 AM|| Front Page Top

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