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A Faustian bargain? Iraq for Congo?



The French have been given green light in the DRCongo by the
graciousness of the UN.
How come?
Because, a temporary sop has been thrown to the French in return for
stopping harping on about the Middle East.
It is not a minor sop. The DRCongo as Lumumba pointed out to the cost of
his life, was and is wealthy.
Chris: My unease over the situation of giving the butchers the keys to
the deep-freeze - lies in very recent history of the French
interventions. Take Rwanda 1994:
http://harikumar.brinkster.net/MLRB/Rwanda.htm



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