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.
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
