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| EU troops could be in the Congo for ’at least a year’ |
| 2003-06-15 |
| Arrhythmias strike the heart of darkness... EFR A planned three-month "lightning mission" by a European Union combat force to the Congolese town of Bunia could last at least a year, a leading French officer has warned. "Three months is ridiculous, even six months won't be enough," said Col Daniel Vollot |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #6 Wait till a few French (or even worse, British, God forbid) soldiers start coming home in bodybags...the outcry will ensure that they'll scoot soon enough. Of course, there are already calls in the UN for a "massive, long term, fully funded, fully logistically supported, fully authorized" military intervention with a mission of "social reconstruction"...in other words, get the US to do it. |
| Posted by: Watcher 2003-06-15 18:04:07 |
| #5 This is obviously a quagmire with no light at the end of the tunnel. The Frogs are going to have to destroy Bunia in order to save it. |
| Posted by: Matt 2003-06-15 11:41:07 |
| #4 *blinks at badanov* Don't you mean they wouldn't be in the country for more than three months if they are actually required to fire their weapons in anger? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-06-15 09:54:00 |
| #3 The little secret the colonel didn;t mention is that the force would be in country for more than three months if they are actually required to fire their weapons in anger. |
| Posted by: badanov 2003-06-15 09:51:23 |
| #2 Not three months, not six months is enough. Hmmm, how long would Col. Vollot give the Coalition in Iraq? 3 months is already too long. |
| Posted by: Jabba the Tutt 2003-06-15 09:39:23 |
| #1 A "lightning" mission to last a year? |
| Posted by: RW 2003-06-15 08:16:50 |