Posted on 01/18/2013 8:40:08 AM PST by BO Stinkss
Schadenfreude's a bitch, isn't it?
When Jacque Chirac was president, the French did everything they could to torpdeo our efforts in Iraq. They refused to send troops to fight Saddam and continuously opposed us in NATO councils.
Now, suddenly - France needs help in Mali. And no one is lifting a finger to help them.
"The French aren't alone, they are the trailblazers," he said, after European ministers approved a contingent of more than 200 military trainers for Mali. He added: "It is completely possible - but this is up to them - that others or the same European countries decide to offer not just logistical support, but also to make soldiers available."
The bravado of the sudden intervention last Friday, popular with many in France, appears to be turning to a hint of bitterness that allies have not backed them more, with high-profile figures and ordinary citizens complaining the Mali mission is "France alone."
That sentiment directed at allies is being expressed in France by people commenting on Twitter and by Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, who told Britain's Channel 4 France is waiting for British help. "I beg you, don't leave the French alone," he said.
France, which now has 1,400 troops in Mali and is expecting to send 1,100 more, has already asked allies, including Canada, to extend and expand their military support.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the United States will provide indirect assistance such as intelligence and transport help for France, and pre-deployment training and airlift for African troops.
Other African countries are willing to send troops but NATO has been reluctant to get involved in what might be another long term commitment. Sothe French will go it alone and hope that other African nations can bail them out of their ill-considered intervention.
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We need that pocket knife with the French surrender flag.
Jihadists are only overcome by brute and total force. Not the Frenchies nor the Bamster. And we would not want them to get in a huff if we were to slaughter the nasty tribe they have come up against. Can’t we all just be peaceful citizens of the world?
The French should take the lessson they are facing and come to understand Israel’s lack of sympathy for the massive jihadist herd they face in everyday living.
A little conflict known as the Vietnam War,
-——That led to handing Libya over to the Muslim terrorists-——
I don’t see that as having happened. There are factions of radicals feeling their oats, but they are not in control.
Seriously, when did America go to war to defend French Colonialism?
We didn’t do it in Vietnam.
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