The French, working with the armies of Mali and Chad, have sent the boogeyman running from two major cultural centers. Tombouctou and Gao are free. The loss of the centuries-old manuscripts is a severe bnlow to culture, but the music will be heard again in the streets of northern Mali. I think this operation went rather smoothly, considering the blood bath it could have been with a lesser intelligent supreme commander. [video=youtube;1SvKJnHD_qU]http://www.youtibe.com/watch?v=1SvKJnHD_qU[/video]
France is used in the same way that every other single major European nation has been used before, time and again, and the US too of course, and for centuries now. It is the same pattern, over and over, and over. First establish a central bank that is not really a central bank. Use any means to establish this, for it is key to all things that you control the printing of the money, so that you can then lend it back to the country, rather than them print their own, at no interest. The moment you do that, you have dominion over all matters in that country. You enlave the people, and you have, by defintion, more power than any Gov or Monarch of that nation. Having done that, you agitate external matters, and bring one or more of your countries whose central banks you own, into the conflicts. Remember, you create them to begin with. The nations you bring in need to get into more debt to fund the operation. They are lent the money from those, who, long ago, usurped control of the banking. At massive rates of interest, and future enslavement. They may even have two or more nations fight one another, in which they control the central banks to. It can be any combination you want, they could have France fight Britian, if they felt that it would benefit them financially and politically, they would start writing that narrative, and in 10yrs, you would have that war. They would lend to both sides. They will also control your armies, since they control your banking, and your politicians, and have bought all of the media, as well. They use these armies, not as they should be deployed, but as tantamount to mercenaries, to further pursue their GREED and insatiable desire for gold, oil, money, and minerals. You never see any of this wealth. Indeed, you pay to make them wealthier, as now you are plunged into a fragile economy, due to the debt they put you into!! But never fear, guess what...they will come along and offer you a 'bale out', or 'economic aid'. Which, yet again, will further see your nation be sold, lock, stock and barrel. ** France is totally bankrupt: French employment minister French Employment Minister has questioned the economic policies of President Francois Hollande, admitting that the European country is “totally bankrupt.” Michel Sapin's remarks were made during a radio interview on Tuesday, where he also warned against Hollande’s controversial “tax and spend” policy, which has made many high-profile people move abroad. “There is a state but it is a totally bankrupt state,” said Sapin, adding, “That is why we had to put a deficit reduction plan in place, and nothing should make us turn away from that objective.” France’s Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici gave an immediate response saying the remarks were ‘inappropriate.’ Meanwhile, a recent poll in the French daily Le Figaro showed that 80 percent of the population agree with Sapin’s viewpoint. The French employment minister’s comment comes as Hollande is trying to improve the image of the French economy after vowing to reduce the country’s deficit through spending cuts by 60 billon euros (USD 81 billion) and increasing taxes by 20 billion euros (USD 27 billion) over the next five years. According to figures published by France’s National Statistics Institute (INSEE) in September 2012, France’s national debt has reach 90 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP). Europe plunged into financial crisis in early 2008. The worsening debt crisis has forced EU governments to adopt harsh austerity measures and tough economic reforms, which have triggered incidents of social unrest and massive protests in many European countries. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/01/30/286361/france-is-totally-bankrupt-min/
Of course, this has sod all to do with the fact that they just saved what they could of one of the great cultural treasures of the world.
The Pentagon champagne corks must be flying all over Washington by now as the US and it's fellow crusaders try to chase the Chinese out of Africa by whatever means necessary!
The so-called rebels in Mali (I'm excluding the Tuareg here, who have already been betrayed by the Islamo-fascists) are a blight on the locals and many aren't even from Mali. How is it neo-colonial behavior to help drive out what are effectively invaders? I guess by leftist or NWO conspiracy logic, it is.
Leftist? Dude, I'm like-9.74, -7.54, and i do not see this as "neo-colonilaist." I figure the French owe it to Mali to lend them a hand when needed, after all the wealth they sucked out of there. There s no question whether the people of Mali wanted them there in the role they held. They welcomed anyone who wanted to come take a shot at the Salafists. I wonder how the Chinese are feeling right now, though.
This is the tactic of the Islamists. The initial takeover is a walkover, remember John Simpson, walking into Kabul ahead of Northern Alliance troops? Its the next stage, winning the peace that gives all the headaches. We'll soon be hearing about Western forces slaughtering Muslims with every Muslim casualty counting irrespective of whether they are the miltant Islamists or their victims or their "collateral damage".
Uh, the Northern Alliance was a group of defeated tribal warlords who helped us kick the Taliban out of Afghanistan (temporarily). The Taliban bounceback was our taking the eye off the ball by focussing on Iraq. Uh, the Taliban are Islamo-fascists like Al-Qaeda or the insurgent invaders in Mali, to such an extent that Obama bin Laden's third wife was a daughter of Mullah Omar (the then head of the Taliban). Uh, most of the Mali Muslims don't like the so-called rebels, many of whom aren't even from Mali. There is very little reason to believe they will support them if they see Al-Qaeda being militarily defeated. The Taliban relies on their connection to the Pashtun tribe in Afganistan (the largest), which they rule de facto by intimidating all the tribal elders (the ones who didn't cooperate the Taliban killed). This whole arguement of Tyerik's is a false flag. The situation in Afghanistan was and is quite different from that in Mali; about the only similarity is that Islamo-fascist enemies of the West are involved. Islamist is a sloppy term because it has been ruined by journalists and political hacks; it went from being a description of Al-Qaeda types to that of any radical Islam-oriented group. Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood are thus now Islamist, but they are not Islamo-fascists. The Salafists (who got 24% of the vote in the last Egyptian election) are Islamo-fascists, as are various splinters of Hamas that have semi-separated from the larger organization.
Its not an argument but an observation! I hope you are correct that its pretty much over in Mali and the Islamists get no support from the population and aren't able to mount a guerilla campaign but that would make it an exception.
