EU AND NATO AT ODDS OVER DARFUR AIRLIFT
Actually it's not the EU that's at odds with NATO, it's the self-important French:
Disagreement between Nato and the European Union has stymied arrangements for the airlift of thousands of African Union troops to Sudan's stricken province of Darfur, weeks before the mission is set to begin.The French, obstruction specialists since... forever.
The US plans to airlift three battalions of Rwandan troops to the country, while Canada, France and Germany have all promised similar "strategic airlifts" for the remaining five battalions needed - from Senegal, South Africa and Nigeria.
While the US and Canada want the airlifts to be co-ordinated by Nato - which would give the alliance's "branding" to the operation - France would like it to be co-ordinated by the EU.
"Clearly if you are going to start an airlift on 1 July, we need to have an agreement in the near future," said General James Jones, Nato's supreme allied commander, Europe.
posted by Anonymous at 6:27 PM |
2 Comments:
The UN should do it. Kofi has plenty of experience from that part of Africa as a genocide allegedly happened while he was in charge. And when the UN screw up the job, close it. Then ask NATO to do the job.
Having the French requesting the EU to coordinate this mission is like having the French sell the EU constitution to French citizens.
And, yes, dear pendants, I have been following the news. The comparison was deliberate.
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