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Old June 22nd 04, 08:20 PM
ArVa
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"Ragnar" a écrit dans le message de
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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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