A French soldier patrols past a house on fire at a village in Bossangoa, north of the Central African Republic's capital Bangui January 3, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Andreea Campeanu
French Support For Central African Intervention Fast Eroding: Poll -- Reuters
(Reuters) - French public support for France's military intervention in Central African Republic is rapidly waning a month since Paris deployed troops to quell sectarian violence in its former colony, a poll showed on Saturday.
Only 41 percent of those questioned were in favor of the operation, down from 51 percent shortly after Paris deployed 1,600 troops in the country, according to an Ifop poll.
Paris sent troops to Central African Republic, a country the size of France, to disarm Christian militias and largely Muslim Seleka rebels who ousted ex-President Francois Bozize in March.
However, the deployment of the French troops and nearly 4,000 African Union peacekeepers has done little to contain the tit-for-tat violence between the religious communities, which has displaced nearly one million people, according to the United Nation's refugee agency.
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My Comment: Putting a few thousand soldiers in a area that is as large as Mali or the Central African Republic will not have a significant impact over time. The French public knows that .... and as a result their fears of getting stuck in messy African quagmire are certainly justified.
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General Charles de Gaulle and famous President of France once said, "Without Africa, there is no France in the 21st Century."
If the french audience have no appetite for Africa then stuff their throats like manufacturing Fois Gras. Why else did the french invent such a barbaric cuisine if you cannot do it to the french?
Do unto ducks what you'd do onto yourselves.
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