In a column Friday in Le Monde, Natalie Nougayrède wrote that the French endgame is unclear. “In launching itself militarily in the front line, France also takes on a responsibility” for the reconstruction of the state, she said. “The after-intervention — we have seen it elsewhere in the world — is the true headache of interventions. The ultimate test will be there.”True, but the war has to play out first.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
That Didn't Take Long
From triumphant intervention in the desert to hopeless quagmire in under a week: that didn't take long, and it must be some kind of record. In fact, the maneuver phase of this war is not yet over, however, and the postwar statebuilding has not yet begun:
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"From triumphant intervention in the desert to hopeless quagmire in under a week", I'm soryy but neither N. Nougareyde nor the NY Times say so. This a nice catchy sneering (cynical ?) advertising formulation, not a serious analysis of the situation. It deserves a better look at it.
Non only the war has play out, but… France should beware not putting herself in a case of (sorry, en français) "complicité d'épuration ethnique". As soon as we have military forces somewhere, their duty is also to protect basic human rights. Are our soldiers trained to that ? http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/guerre-au-mali-les-militaires-maliens-coupables-d-exactions-a-sevare_1211700.html
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