With the first blowback of the French invasion of Mali arriving yesterday in the form of a massive hostage taking in neighboring Algeria, and that situation reportedly turning sour on a botched rescue attempt by Algerian troops, one would think the invasion’s wisdom would be in growing doubt.
Not if one is French President Francois Hollande, it seems. Hollande addressed a number of business leaders in France today, claiming that the hostage-taking “justified” the invasion in the first place, proving what unsavory characters the Malian rebels are.
French officials have struggled mightily with their narrative on the war, coming into the Saturday invasion with claims that they were going to turn the entire nation of Mali into a “terror-free” flourishing democracy within a matter of weeks.
Instead, the French troops have found themselves bogged down in a war with a surprisingly strong, and increasing united, rebel movement that seems ready to fight a protracted war in the Saharan desert, while France is forced to commit more ground troops to the effort as African nations struggle to get troops into the country for a sudden war they were initially told wouldn’t begin until the fall. If Hollande can continue to spin bad news about the war as a “justification” for the war, he may have plenty of rhetorical ammunition in the coming days.
Hollande being about thr most criminal terrorist that ever walked the earth, he is “going to turn the entire nation of Mali into a “terror-free” flourishing democracy within a matter of weeks.”?
Right out of the "war on terror" playbook.
Resistance to foreign invasion allegedly "proves" the invasion is "justified".
Those damn "militants", daring to resist "us", not welcoming even the "friendly" well-known French colonialists.
Hollande is a neoliberal supporter of EU economic pillage and endless NATO wars.
I hate to wish death on soldiers, as often their patriotism and economic hardship are used to manipulate them into fighting wars for a few wealthy individuals higher up the food chain. However, the general population only applies pressure on their politicians when they are getting their a** whipped. It's like the average citizens don't care about these foreign escapades until they see a certain amount of flag draped coffins coming back (Vietnam) or their country goes bankrupt. There is no outrage until massive casualties occur.
Switzerland has the right idea, stay out of foreign mess and use your resources to fix your own country. France, like the US and rest of NATO, has to learn the hard way, meaning, the natives give them hell and they leave drained of money and manpower. A few wealthy folks up the food chain run the same playbook again and again. The cycle continues and sadly the Malian civilians will pay the ultimate price…
A provoked reaction is used to justify further warfare? It appears he has learned his lesson well. "We are all Israel now"
He lost me.
The cause "justifies" the effect, not vice versa. The effect doesn't determine the cause nor validates it. Blowback is exactly that… blowback, unless you wanted the blowback to happen in the first place, but even then it is not the cause but the goal.
These sociopaths climbing at the top position in politics and their spin machines really believe people are mindless pawns for their insanity.
{Hollande: Algeria Hostage Blowback Shows Mali Invasion Justified}
Everyone knew Algeria and the rest of Africa is a target for the World criminals to colonize Africa.
When Gaddafi and now Assad were telling the world that the 'opposition' is foreign terrorists who trainted by CIA, Turkey, France and Britain and funded by the reactionary Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar, then why did you support and funded them in Syria? Hollande is a liar like other imperialists/zionists.
The whole world is witnessed to savage and evil doers like Hollande and Obama to colonize Africa. That's why Obama, a person of color, was selected by the designers of "new world order" and "world government" to fool ignorant people since all the targeted countries are not "white". Killing of people of color is managed by a person of color. Hollande is as criminal as Obama. We need a FRONT AGAINST THESE WAR CRIMINALS WHO POSE AS 'PRESIDENTS'
Hollande must be arrested along with other war criminals and send to ICC, a whore house
These people from Obama to Cameron to Swedish government and king of Sweden and this man were waiting for such time.., that is to say if these barbarians are not their supported terrorists ordered to start besieging that facility for France to take the lead invading Mali…, these terrorist are the same who were supported during EU and US invasion of Libya.., these barbarians are the illegitimate sons of Saudis and Qatari illegal kingdom family. So don't go to sleep yet.., wars in Africa is just started…, these western, the modernized and fashionable Hollywood version of Neo Fascism have said that the world needs to be changed and wars is one of their way to change it.., the other is the austerity taking place all over the Europe killing people the vulture capitalism economic way.
justified. uh huh. OR, and hear me out now. it's another criminal operation within a larger criminal operation of illegal force. the war on terror is a lie. it is a war on the free citizens of the earth. rise up or be enslaved. there is no other choice.
HUH ! Didn't this happen because of the invasion ????? Is Marianne a mind reader or does she just think people are stupid ?