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2003-02-09 East/Subsaharan Africa

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Posted by Steve White 2003-02-09 01:55 am|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Your comments are generally defensible, but you fail to grasp that this is in large part a religious war. The southerners were not attacking the north, but the reverse...this situation is repeated all over west and central
Africa. And of course, the southerners--who are the majority--objected to giving the northerners control of the army! Most commentary on Africa attempts to play down the religious strife. Most Americans, getting their news from the normal sources, would not know of the religious aspect of this. Yours, Don Baker

Posted by donald baker 2003-02-09 09:39:23|| 2003-02-09 09:39:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Joining the army gets them clothing and food.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-02-09 12:13:18|| 2003-02-09 12:13:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Don, no doubt there is a religious aspect, and some of the Muslims have certainly been infected with the jihad virus. But it seems that the "Ivorite" political philosophy has boomeranged on the south. After all, if you treat some of your citizens as non-citizens long enough, they'll eventually get the idea that they have no vested interest in the current political structure. After that it's a short step to civil war.

Posted by Steve White 2003-02-09 12:51:15|| 2003-02-09 12:51:15|| Front Page Top

#4 The Ivory Coast's South is populated by genuine anti-jihadis, who understand that Bush's Saudi allies in Burkina Faso, infiltrated jihadis into the Ivory Coast with an intent of Islamizing the country. However, Bush's State Department is supporting France's Islamo-centrist status quo "peace." Islamo-fascists are on the war path everywhere, under the protective blanket of the U.S. President's "islam is peace" fiction. They saw this guy coming. This is how the Wahabis look at relations with the U.S.:
King Fahd: PIMP
President Bush: WHORE

Posted by Anon 2003-02-09 14:02:16|| 2003-02-09 14:02:16|| Front Page Top

#5 " Joining the army gets them clothing and food."

And a gun. Don't forget the gun, it's important.

Sure it may be a Lee-Enfield, or something similar, but it beats the hell out of sharp sticks and stones.

Posted by mojo 2003-02-09 21:44:26|| 2003-02-09 21:44:26|| Front Page Top

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