But do they have anything valuable?

>> ^gwiz665:

But do they have anything valuable?

If they had oil, I wonder if we'd see more of an humanitarian effort? Maybe even a militarized intervention by the US?

They have oil? Those poor bastards, we gotta help them!
>> ^blankfist:

>> ^gwiz665:
But do they have anything valuable?

If they had oil, I wonder if we'd see more of an humanitarian effort? Maybe even a militarized intervention by the US?

no oil, but they tried to stop exporting diamonds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_diamond

What? Someone say oil? OIL? Where? I need some fucking oil, where the fuck is it? GIMME THAT FUCKING OIL I'LL SLIT YOUR FUCKING THROAT....

Ahhh.. sweet sweet oil...

What is the air date? Is it current? Are the CIA involved? Will dumping oil on them make the CIA get involved?

Economy of Ivory Coast:

The Ivorian economy is largely market based and depends heavily on the agricultural sector. Almost 70% of the Ivorian people are engaged in some form of agricultural activity. Côte d'Ivoire is among the world's largest producers and exporters of coffee, cocoa beans, and palm oil.

It might; it just might. >> ^notarobot:

Will dumping oil on them make the CIA get involved?

>> ^kronosposeidon:
coffee, cocoa beans, and palm oil

I think we've found oil.

You know, they've gotta have some Ivory on that there coast.. come on, guys, let's do it.

To paraphrase Lethal Weapon 2 .... but .. they're black.

Not to be a smart ass, but would you support military intervention in Duekoue?

I had to do a paper on them. Gold is a huge export as well as diamonds (although I don't see gold mentioned that much anymore; maybe it died out as the report is ten years old). It's chief exports are cocoa, iron, petroleum, copper, and cobalt (plus fish as they are coastal).

The French have a direct involvement with their past and I believe they still have ties presently. We do have reasons to be there "resource wise" as others were asking; like I said the French are there already. The "strange" name of Ivory Coast compared to other African countries is a dead giveaway that it was a colony (like South Africa--an extremely simplistic choice for a country's name).

I know someone from Ghana (next to Ivory Coast) and the situation there is bad (I believe he left in the early 90's; it was during a lot of bloodshed--I know another from Bulgaria, actually he was in the army for them; he left literally because his life and his mother's life were in grave danger--they got into the U.S. via political asylum). Ghana I think is the main exporter of gold and is next door. It wouldn't surprise me if the U.N. or a country does something soon if the situation spreads. To me it seems highly likely that this could spread to Ghana and a bit in every direction around those two.