A reporter from the Ivory Coast made an important point on BBC last night. Just because Ouattara is the one who won the election, doesn't mean he is a liberal democratic good guy. She explained that his history is just about as bad as Gbagbo. Even if the Civil War gets resolved, the West shouldn't be under and false impressions about how "democracy" has won.
I don't know whether/how true that is. But I can't believe that I hadn't thought of that point earlier. It is an excellent point. How many of you jumped to that conclusion?
April 9 update: It looks like a was prescient on this one. I heard a BBC reporter today with primary reporting that Ouattara’s militia was committing atrocities on civilians during their retreat today.
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