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Title: France bombs Mali!??
Post by: santahog on January 13, 2013, 02:29:25 PM
I got back from church and see on the Fox Ticker that France bombed Mali?!
I go to Fox News site, Drudge and the Blaze, and it's not on top of anybody's page?
How is this not news!?!
What in the world are the French celebrating?

Anybody got a link on this one??
Title: Re: France bombs Mali!??
Post by: 1Buckshot on January 13, 2013, 04:01:22 PM
Been on yahoo for two day's.  It was in our local paper this morning also.
Title: Re: France bombs Mali!??
Post by: Swamp Yankee on January 13, 2013, 04:04:25 PM
They are celebrating  starting aid to the Govt. of Mali in helping rid them of  the Taliban  that have taken over half of the country.  The real question  should be are they going to be able to finish the job without  major assistance from other NATO countries.

Mike MC
Title: Re: France bombs Mali!??
Post by: tombogan03884 on January 13, 2013, 04:09:26 PM
They are celebrating  starting aid to the Govt. of Mali in helping rid them of  the Taliban  that have taken over half of the country.  The real question  should be are they going to be able to finish the job without  major assistance from other NATO countries.

Mike MC


It's the French, the only European country to ever lose a war with Mexico.
What do you think ?
Title: Re: France bombs Mali!??
Post by: Magoo541 on January 13, 2013, 04:12:44 PM
Here is Rueter's take on it:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/13/us-mali-rebels-idUSBRE90912Q20130113 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/13/us-mali-rebels-idUSBRE90912Q20130113)

al Qaeda seems to have set up new training camps with some support out of Yemen, Somalia and North Africa and France is not happy about it.
Title: Re: France bombs Mali!??
Post by: Jrlobo on January 13, 2013, 04:31:19 PM
Is France the only country to have lost a war with Mexico? With 20 million invaders from that country living off the fat of our land, with our government ceding traffic corridors to Mexican drug cartels by warning U.S. citizens that they can't be protected in those corridors and with our Justice Department arming those drug cartels for them to use against Mexican and U.S. citizens....I'd beg to differ. Seems like we have lost a war to Mexico worse than the VC, Al Qaeda and Taliban put together. At least we can't say we have won.
Title: Re: France bombs Mali!??
Post by: twyacht on January 13, 2013, 04:39:10 PM
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/french_soldierofsurrender.jpg)

Oui Oui !!!!!
Title: Re: France bombs Mali!??
Post by: tombogan03884 on January 13, 2013, 04:42:58 PM
Is France the only country to have lost a war with Mexico? With 20 million invaders from that country living off the fat of our land, with our government ceding traffic corridors to Mexican drug cartels by warning U.S. citizens that they can't be protected in those corridors and with our Justice Department arming those drug cartels for them to use against Mexican and U.S. citizens....I'd beg to differ. Seems like we have lost a war to Mexico worse than the VC, Al Qaeda and Taliban put together. At least we can't say we have won.

You can't lose if you're just sitting on the sidelines watching.
Title: Re: France bombs Mali!??
Post by: Swamp Yankee on January 13, 2013, 05:11:40 PM
It's the French, the only European country to ever lose a war with Mexico.
What do you think ?

 Glad where on the same page Tom.
Title: Re: France bombs Mali!??
Post by: santahog on January 13, 2013, 10:48:48 PM
Speaking of Mexico..

People in the area said about 800 residents were participating in the armed groups acting as unofficial police. The vigilantes ordered a 10 p.m. curfew for the two towns and are looking for suspected criminals.

Read the rest here: http://tiny.iavian.net/l6i
Title: Re: France bombs Mali!??
Post by: tombogan03884 on January 14, 2013, 08:32:09 AM
FTA
"he said. "We want to return peace and tranquility to the entire population. Only the people can restore order."

You won' hear that from the MSM .
It goes against the agenda.
Title: Re: France bombs Mali!??
Post by: ccd on January 14, 2013, 06:21:42 PM
   France is having to fix the problem that the PC establishment in DOD
 and Dept of State have created. Some of these rebels were trained and
 equipped by  US Special Forces. Not to mention the AQ outsiders who came
from Libya, are/were bankrolled by some of our allies. The US has made fighting
AQ in Western Africa its'priority for the last decade, yet has failed miserably.
Until the US gets serious about punishing our "allies" who are funding this mess,
it will only get worse. Boko Haram in Nigeria, and AQ in the Magreb are funded
by specific people known to the USA. And yet nothing has been done.