[nuconvert]

I don’t think Sarkozy is going to fare too well if Gbagbo ends up being hacked to death by a machete weilding mob.
I think turning Gbagbo over to the opposition is a big mistake.

[ScaniaBoy]

Maybe such an event would create more public disapproval than burning of tens of villages, mass rape and killing of hundreds of civilians, but I doubt it very much.

This is how the EU, the UN and others react to the ongoing massacres:

Ivory coast report complicates EU support for Ouattara

Quotes:
"Forces loyal to Ivory Coast president-elect Alassane Ouattara have killed hundreds of civilians, carried out mass rapes and burned at least 10 villages, according to a report by Human Rights Watch."

"The continued use of heavy weapons against the civilian population and our peacekeepers, as well as the attack against the headquarters of the legitimate government, have compelled me, once again, to instruct [UN force] UNOCI to use all necessary means," Ban Ki-moon said in a statement."

"A spokesperson for EU high representative Catherine Ashton was not immediately available on Monday morning. A senior official last week said the EU would wait until a UN investigation had been completed before deciding on a course of action regarding the reported atrocities."

[caww]

If you view the various African leaders as children on a playground fighting each other in various locations on the ground.....that is pretty much how international Leaders see the fighting among those in the African nations. How to break up the fights and establish stability on the grounds regardless of who the people want in office....They want people who have the ability to co-operate on an international level, not concerned with the popularity of what the people want, though they might give the apperance of.

If we think they are sincerely concerned about the deaths of any we are fooling ourselves. What matters are the resources and what nations can contribute what worldwide...that’s pretty much the it.