Deposed Côte d'Ivoire dictator receiving support from C Street fundies

[marmar]

Now-Deposed Ivory Coast Dictator Still Getting a Boost from C-Street Conservatives


Now that the fighting is over, there remain a lot of questions about actions by soldiers on both sides of the Ivory Coast civil conflict, which caused massive bloodshed and involved reported atrocities. In a phone conversation with the new president, Alassane Outtara, President Obama emphasized the importance of investigating these crimes on both sides.

But one thing there's little question about is that now-deposed former leader Laurent Gbagbo -- currently awaiting national and international charges in the Ivory Coast after being arrested -- illegally remained in power even after losing an election, leading to the fighting.

So why are Republicans in DC rushing to Gbagbo's defense, even though he's gone and there's international consensus that he's gone for a just reason? As AlterNet recently noted and Salon's Justin Elliot explained in an extensive run-down, it's because of Gbagbo's ties to The Fellowship, the secretive right-wing Christian organization that has its tentacles in the DC establishment via its C Street house.

But now that Ggabo is gone, the conservative support isn't going away. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/558372/now-deposed_ivory_coast_dictator_still_getting_a_boost_from_c-street_conservatives/

[AsahinaKimi]

1. Maybe they want to pick his brain

On how to run this country his way... as a dictatorship.

[hermetic]

2. Yep,

Just hide in your basement and shoot people. Lovely..

[leftstreet]

3. K&R

[malaise]

4. I heard on BBC that he was actually offered a professorship

at a US university.

[Turbineguy]

5. Gbagbo is a GOP kinda guy

they wish George W. Bush had just refused to leave.

[Alamuti Lotus]

6. they discovered that al-Hassan Outtara was a Muslim and threw a fit

If they dug a little deeper they'd find he was also a neo-lib World Banker, so he'll be just fine for promoting Business-As-Usual in his little corner of the continent.