"I have probably been as vocal against the French and Europe in general, as anyone on this forum. That being said, it's my intent to be fair.....I don't even know if the side with the tanks is the one who opened fire..... Unless I see something more convincing that French did this, I'll withhold judgement until I can learn more about this.
If the French did open fire on unarmed civilians, I think it's a serious serious issue. If however, this is world-class propaganda, I'm not going to volunteer to be used."
I agree 100%. If the French were unprovoked this is a war crime, but we just cannot tell from the tape. You will see the French clearly at the end of the tape, but it is never clear what happened exactly. The French have done enough that we know about and can prove, so we do not need condemn them for things we are not sure about. I willbe fair to their troops just like I want people to be fair to our troops. I know people are not fair to our troops, but that does not mean we should stoop down to their level.
Since france destroyed their air force that consisted of a couple of planes. How many tanks do the Ivoryians have?
There is no question the French fired on the civilians,this is avideo of nov 6th.
http://radioci.embaci.com/englishdownload/frenchsoldiershootingcivilians1.mpg