pdq You have omitted to mention that Ouattara has been ELECTED by the people of Ivory Coast in a democratic process supervised by UN. Whatever opinion one may have of the suitability or otherwise of the CHOSEN candidate, surely Gbagbo has no right to continue in power? He has said he discounts the votes of seven departments in the North of the country, as the people up there are 'not true Ivorians'. I cannot understand why the UN doesn't support and enforce Ouattara's right to power. There haven't even BEEN any elections in Libya, and yet we see enormous response from the West to oust Gadaffi. My husband says that Gbagbo has the support of the Military because he has been using money gained by massive corruption to pay them. In my view, this casts him firmly as 'The Bad Guy'.