Remember the Ivory Coast? Maybe you don't, as it has been largely overlooked in the news media ever since the Middle East unrest began in December. I had initially wrote about the Ivory Coast several months ago when its President Laurent Gbagbo refused to cease power after an official election had demonstrated that his rival, Alassane Ouattara, was to become the country's new president.
Since then, Gbagbo has refused to leave quietly. He ordered all United Nations peacemakers to leave the country and refused to listened to recommendations by the African Union and the European Union has imposed sanctions on the Gbagbo government.
But now, the Ivory Coast has broken out into yet another civil war. It is no surprise, the country has experienced these problems for years, and since Gbagbo doesn't want to give up power as President, this has led the opposition lead by Ouattara, to take certain measures against the government.
Sound familiar to what is going on in Libya?
Troops loyal to Ouattara have killed more than 1,000 civilians, many of them beheaded with machetes. Yet he is asking the support of the United Nations to toughen up on 'peace making' to remove Gbagbo from power.
And there seems to be yet again, more breathtaking ignorance from President Obama. Here you have a man who refused to address the genocide in Libya for the better part of a week before the UN added sanctions and a 'No Fly Zone', and yet nearly the same genocide is going on the Ivory Coast... yet President Obama is supporting the Muslim winner Ouattara and his loyal military slaughtering more than 1,000 people.
I'm curious to know if President Obama is going to intervene in the Ivory Coast as well?
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