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"Ragnar" a écrit dans le message de
... What about using your Internet access to get one or two clues about how the world *actually* goes and went during those last 20 years? What about providing some relevant cites? Like I said : search, read, like everybody (should) do. And if possible widen your search to not only the last 20 years but the last 2000 years, you might learn one or two things... Before the U.S. bombed Gaddafi, for example, the French had a small army in Chad (was it Chad? oh God I can't remember) that whupped Gaddafi's invasion. Yes, and as I recall, the US had a large hand in getting the French there and then supporting them. A "large hand"? Would you care to develop? Or is it just another outward sign of your "nothing-happens-on-this-earth-without-us" syndrom? Well, lets see. France had no strategic airlift, so the US stepped in to get trrops and equipment into country. France couldn't support themselves once deployed, so the US stepped in again. This is a strange intellectual process, indeed. You have obviously no idea of what you're talking about yet you imagine things the way they *should* be according to *your* incomplete and innacurate vision of the world. Ever heard about the word "fact"? About Chad, know that in 1983 France declined the logistical help of the US administration which was really eager to see the French troops go farther up north, attack Libya itself and possibly oust the then-embarassing Gaddafi, when France's goal was only to protect the northern boundaries of Chad. As for why we did it, make your own search. The strategic airlift has been accomplished by French Air Force Transalls and now-disappeared civilian carrier UTA's planes. No MAC involved. The US has provided satellite pictures of the area though, France having no space capabilities in the eraly 80's. ArVa |
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