According to Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, the French government has formally asked the United States for military aid for its invasion of Mali, saying that the aid will conclude planning, logistics and air support, but not combat troops.
France invaded on Saturday, and initially said they believed they would turn Mali into a “terror-free” democracy within a matter of weeks. Since then they have expressed surprise at the strength of rebel fighters, however.
The Mali invasion was initially scheduled for Autumn by the UN Security Council, and many nations have been reluctant to send anything but token support in the wake of the unexpectedly early French attack.
Though officials have questioned the merits of US involvement, arguing the northern Malian desert poses little threat as it is and could become a magnet for terrorists if the US gets too heavily involved, Dempsey took a completely different view, insisting Mali is already a threat to the region and would soon be a threat to the entire planet, US involvement notwithstanding.
Well, that didn't take long.
They need to share the costs then the profit.., that's how the vulture capitalism works.., if is a country or whatever that's how they work. Vultur-ism is the nature of capitalism. Falsified democracy is the system feeding the vultures.
ahhh..now thats where you've gone wrong, corporations will attempt to socialize the costs of getting raw materials and democracy makes it easier to socialize those costs..
Hollande the new gendarmerie of Afrique Frncophone. DeGaulle would be so proud of you.
No, De Gaulle had brains, ended the overt, unsustainable empire, ended the Algerian war, managed to start the independence wave while also securing French interests. The Sarkollands are a bad joke. Even Chirac and Mitterrand towered over such…. minables.
DeGaulle bowed to reality and ended the empire he left behind what the French call la France Afrique; the network of interest France left behind when they pulled out as a colonial power. On it's face it was supposed to be like the British Commonwealth it would provide France ad Africa with benefits of free trade while keeping the former colonies in Frances cultural sphere. What it really is is a devil's bargain that served and serves the monied powerful interest in France and in the former colonies. "You send us your natural resources at bargain prices and we'll send French troops should the masses you're exploiting get out of hand." Every French president has bought into la France Afrique eventually including the socialist Hollande.
Gee, I sure hope the French are better at running Mali than they are at running France.
France formally asks for help!? Yeh, right.
I wonder how long it took for the US to say "All right, you talked us into it?"
I bet it took less time than to get a hamburger at an ever deteriorating service at MacDonald's.
I'm sure they spent days debating the fiscal cliff and the debt ceiling before agreeing to use our unlimited American tax money and debt to pay for this.
When you get your paycheck, and its smaller because they just jacked up your taxes, now you know what you are buying.
Send in the clowns! Help us help us, cry the Frogs. Yes, being rude seems perfectly acceptable in light of French 'intervention/war criminality'. So Mali turns out, isn't haute cuisine and the Frogs are in way over their heads. The Frogs should have used their heads for something other than a spot to plant a helmet on.
The "global war of terror" grinds on and on and on…
Glad we got a nice dose of racist hatred in here.
Thanks to brave France who had the audacity to attack ahead the schedule the terrible AQIM troops won't be marching trough Washington streets next fall. Vive la France, now go and help them boys and girls!
Thanks to brave France who had the audacity to attack ahead the schedule the terrible AQIM troops won't be marching on Washington streets next fall. Vive la France, now go and help them boys and girls!
France is also telling the GCC to finance this, and the African countries to send their troops in…
I believe it's just a matter of time before more and more members of the Malian army join rebel forces, along with random men from all over west Africa. People are appalled that France has again set military foot on African soil.
..maybe, if they were honest, they would just up and say "AQ"IM is a "threat to Our Precious Bodily Fluids." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1KvgtEnABY
Absolutely Persnipoles – This is just like Iraq in 2003, and the poor people of this country need some Western dancing girls, say Hillary, Susie and Vicki, to take in candy and flower petals that can be strewn in the Legionnaires' path. These beauties will also suck the essence from the AQIM leadership simply by their presence. This could even be a bi-partisan effort if Condi could be coaxed back into public service to help. This is the only way that the minor Iraq problems experienced by the liberators there can be avoided here. The terrists cannot be allowed to believe that the locals are on their side, even if they are the locals.
Funny how we find out there an oil / gas field in southern Algeria, right in the same area as this northern Mali area that has suddenly become a place so important that we must go broke and die to defend it. Guess I should've known they didn't grow broccoli there.
This was done in cahoots with US policy, or they wouldn't come up with the request for US aid so quickly. it's a planned strategic move to diminish China's influence in Africa.
Threat to the entire planet???? How does anyone say something as stupidly idiotic as this without everyone around him hurting themselves laughing so hard?
This guy is Joint Chiefs of Staff? Should be busted down to Joint Chiefs of Latrines.
"Joint Chiefs Chair Declares Northern Mali a Threat to the World"
A threat to the world? Wow!
Did someone relocate Mali to Tel Aviv and/or Washington DC when I wasn't looking?
Good point!, and I am also a Canadian, but thankfully no longer living there.
And there's the money shot, folks- as if this wasn't planned already?
Jct: And then France will formally request military aid from Canada with Stephen "Butcher of Libya" chomping at the blood-soaked bit.
"Mali would soon be a threat to the entire planet".
Is General Martin Dempsey losing his mind?
People, if you can, get your hands on the Dec.2012 issue of the New Internationalist and read a very long article by Professor Jeremy Keenan. Your local library may have it.
You will be surprised!
Easier than that: scotthorton.org/2013/01/15/11513-jeremy-keenan/ , http://www.newint.org/features/2012/12/01/us-terrorism-s...
The greatest threat to the planet is the USA.
How come most of the world can't see this? It's not that the U.S. hides its agenda, is it?
plenty of sand to make sure all of the high tech toy will break down regularly, the contractors are on board.
and its not like the Sahara desert is crawling with journalist ready to contradict official reports.
so hey why not?
plenty of sand to make sure all of the high tech toys will break down regularly, the contractors are on board.
and its not like the Sahara desert is crawling with journalist ready to contradict official reports.
so hey why not?
The USA can't afford to get involved. Oh wait, they probably secretly asked France to make it public while the rest of Europe is reportedly meh towards this.
Not those pesky Al Qaeda terrorist guys again! ooooooo "threat to the entire planet"! Fuck off cunt. And what a coincidence that they always seem to be were the valuable resources are.
I'm sick of these pricks like Dempsey. What does he think I am? Fkn 5 years old and cant smell the bullshit. How many dicks did he suck to get that Joint Chiefs job? What a fuckhead mate. Does anyone know if this guy has a Twitter account? I might sign up so I can heckle the fuck out of the cunt.
So I suppose now 1000's of innocent civilians are now going to be murdered (collateral damage) so they can get the gold or what ever they're after.
I'd personally like to offer my deepest condolences to the people of Mali. Sorry. Sorry that most humans are so shit.