tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post6553542743978544015..comments2024-03-27T06:40:56.148-04:00Comments on EagleSpeak: The Mess in MaliMark Tempesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172703868541571574noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-71931759593911034592013-01-27T00:59:46.957-05:002013-01-27T00:59:46.957-05:00I was looking at this color map of Africa you have...I was looking at this color map of Africa you have up. The United States has had some trouble with about everyone of those countries shown over the last 100 years. We seem to be skipping from country to another country over there. What is up with that? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-83739515872410614352013-01-19T19:38:05.086-05:002013-01-19T19:38:05.086-05:00Three things:
Timbuktu is in Mali. Wow!
Where is...Three things:<br /><br />Timbuktu is in Mali. Wow!<br /><br />Where is the French Foreign Legion when you need them?<br /><br />Is Fort Zindaneauf held by AQ?Captain Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297301009511642108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-77546971159734351362013-01-12T13:03:49.396-05:002013-01-12T13:03:49.396-05:00Seems to me this is another consequence of the way...Seems to me this is another consequence of the way the allies conducted the war in Libya?<br />All our lead from behind and no BOG, let anyone takeover the arm stashes which Quadfyi planted around the country. Those were seized by among others radical jihadists including foreign fighters. They took over the eastern part of Libya and we saw what the consequences of that were. (I would note that territory was along the Med and in easy “reach” of US forces.)<br />Then the radical jihadists went south to take over northern Mali with those same weapons. Now they are marching further south and the French are going to attempt to slow them down. Well the Foreign Legion could do that maybe, if the logistics were in place?<br />It appears the same things are happening in Syria. Between toothless pronouncements and no BOG policy, the US will have little leverage and I suspect NATO will not secure the loose weapons much less confront the radical jihadists in Syria? So when that civil war is over, radical jihadists will start marching towards Israel maybe stopping to take over Lebanon along the way?<br />I wonder what tangential course, Obama will be on then?leeseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420319144673744218noreply@blogger.com