I believe that France has had a military presence in Djibouti for generations.
Why couldn't the Legionnaires have tidied up the place?
"I believe that France has had a military presence in Djibouti for generations.
Why couldn't the Legionnaires have tidied up the place?"
This is a good question. I have talked to a man from Djibouti on the internet, and he tells me that 96% of all men in Djibouti are on KHAT, a drug that they chew. About half of all women are chewing KHAT. These are a people with no hope, no jobs. A plane load of KHAT comes into the city of Djibouti every day about noon time. I was told that if this plane does not come in on time ( near noon) there will be insurection. These are poor people about which we can do nothing about the root cause of poverty. We can try until we are bankrupt ourselves. We do not control the government of Djibouti, and we have to face up to that.
U.S. Marines, French Foreign Legion Join in Training
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