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Originally Posted by Bettendorf
France is waging war against AQIM, something we've (USA) never done, and you're taking bets?
I, for one, am on Frances' side and wish them success.
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There are better ways to fight AQIM than to support a fundamentally corrupt Mali government despite what our French
ally or NATO would desire.
My point is that this situation in Mali is very similar to that which evolved in VN after WWII (and for some of the same reasons) that ultimately led to an intractable political and military problem.
Let me make it very, very clear to you -
I never said that we are not or should not be fighting AQIM. But supporting the corrupt Mali government against the Taureg rebellion is NOT the best strategy IMO. Let the French extract themselves from that tar baby.
JMHO, we should have supported the Tauregs. If we had done so AQIM would not have the opportunity they now have. There still may be an opportunity to do so. Just not aware of the current situation. Maybe it's too late. Maybe not.
But, let me ask you, what do you think the outcome would have been had we supported a former WWII ally (Ho Chi Minh) in his initial quest to gain Western support to unite his country?
The Tauregs are an oppressed people by a corrupt government IMO. As always my sentiment is with the oppressed peoples of this world.
De Oppresso Liber