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A while back, the French, the Belgians, and the English sat down and divided a map of Africa in the most illogical way possible, took what they could, and then pissed off back home, taking most of the wildlife with them as souvenirs. OK, so it's not that clear-cut, but these colonizing countries still lurk in the background, sucking out what they can like creepy vampires.Case in point: Chad. While our mission was officially to support a UN peacekeeping mission to neighbouring Darfur, the resident French army didn't lose any time in roping our forces in to carry out missions for them. Things like using our aicraft to transport Chadi troops (officially a big no-no) happened more than once. So on one hand the French are "neutral" and part of the UN. On the other, they have an interest in supporting the Chadi dictatorship of Idris Derby http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41772. But fuck it, we got a medal each.
