Monday, January 21, 2013



















MALI AND ALGERIA... WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON?

For the past several days I have avoided the conversation of Mali and the events in Algeria..

But, now that some of the more important facts about the Gas plan attack have worked their way out, now might be a good time to talk about both topics.

fist off, most of the common folks in the world are stilled more than puzled as to why the French decided to intervene in Mali.

Yes, true there was a UNSC vote on actions for the region, but that doesn't explain the speed at witch France jumped in with both feet; something that is going to prove march harder to sell as time goes on.

I've read and heard a wide range of "reasons" the French government took the actions they did and some of them are not even worth covering.

One aspect of this action still has me a little more than puzzled; the French Military Command!!

Now, it's more than likely the French leadership have given their military more than ample warning of their intent to launch into the quagmire that is known as Central Africa, but the hast that they did so.... well.. I have a hard time believing their Military condoned that part of the concept.

The classic question became the first one that was asked by many, such as me!

"What is the end state"????

What was France looking to do?

Rid Central Africa of Islamic Fundamentalist?

Well, they and others should have thought of that before they allowed the entire weapons inventory of Libya to be hauled off by anyone with a pickup truck!!!

As of this morning, the storyline out of France continues to be their desire to rid Northern Mali of the AQ backed organizations!!!

In reality both these goals are about the same on the lunacy  scale!!!!

Ok, for the sake of time, let me cut to the chase!!

For the life of me, and many like me, I can't understand what France's leadership was thinking and we are probably only a week or two away from the French people really starting to push the issue!

One event was bound to happen and it only took two days for it to show up.

The age old saying of, " The Enemy of my Enemy" became the battle cry of all four groups the French are up against; oh ya.. good luck my French friends with the "crack" Troops who are coming to work along side you in Mali... ragtag units from third world ragtag militaries... I've been down that road before!!!!

Ok, lets not waste anymore time wondering why this fiasco has taken place in Mali.

Let's spend a few minutes hitting the "big picture" issues of what this newly formed crisis could mean to the rest of us, much less France!!

As I said early, the fall of Libya is the root cause of the disaster that is now called Central Africa... as if Central Africa was not already a big enough disaster!!

Here is another part of that statement that needs to be repeated..... UN and the rest of us have a big part of the blame based on the outcome of Libya....

I was never sure what " vision" the West had for post Libya and it's clear that lack of vision was just one example of a series of visionless events!

Ok, enough of the Monday Morning Quarterbacking.... back to what this could mean to us.

Mali will not have a definitive event to mark the success or failure of France's blunder!

France will run out of public support and money much faster than it will run off multiple battle hardened Rebel groups!

France will also be hard pressed to find "willing" partners from any non Third Word Countries....

The cost of yet another " operation" with the Middle East still in the center of a full blown crisis, is not going to be well received by the West or the UN.

As is always the case, the UN is fast to vote but slow to move and the French somehow forgot this!!

Here comes the really important topic and it's one that just showed it's ugly head in Algeria this week.

Will the actions of yet another old Colonial power / France / have repercussions and will it cause unification of groups?

I think you already know the answer to that question Mr Obvious!!!

What did " we" do and why did we do it??

Really good questions that nobody is going to answer anytime soon!!!!

Where is this all going?

Another excellent question that nobody and I mean nobody has the answer for!!

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21127646

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