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		The United States is preparing to send troops to a third-world nation in order to support the French army. Nothing like this has ever ended badly before in the history of ever (foxnews.com)		32
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Loucifer		2013-01-14 08:55:06 PM

37 votes:

It's about time we invaded. I'm sick of all this Mali coddling.

skinink		2013-01-14 08:59:33 PM

4 votes:

Al Quaida don't surf!

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FlashHarry		2013-01-14 08:28:49 PM

4 votes:

well, to be fair, the french sent troops to help liberate what was a third world country from the british about 240 years ago....

fusillade762		2013-01-14 08:19:06 PM

4 votes:

It's OK, we're just there as advisers.

kvinesknows		2013-01-14 10:44:02 PM

3 votes:

runwiz: The curent situation in Mali with the Islamist forces is in large part blowback from Libya. So much for that intervention. And the Islamist/Al Qaeda threat is just an excuse to intervene in Mali and West Africa. It's really all about natural resources. France relies greatly upon nuclear power and French companies operate uranium mines in Mali and Niger. They can't risk losing control of these deposit. Another major benefactor of this intervention will be China who has invested $billions in this region in order to gain access to the resources. But just like Afghanistan the American public will have their fears of terrorism stoked in order to accede to the desires of imperialistic gain.

Niger Please

bmeade73		2013-01-14 09:44:51 PM

3 votes:

Just Saying.....

The All-Powerful Atheismo		2013-01-14 08:55:52 PM

3 votes:

It sounds like the French forces in Mali are...

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Dien Bien pharked

ferretman		2013-01-14 10:32:39 PM

2 votes:

I guess this will be Obama's payback for slavery?

plewis		2013-01-14 09:16:28 PM

2 votes:

Jesus that article. Any chance to get a soundbite of any half credible source shiatting on Obama into the discourse, I guess.

As for Aid to Mali, we did kinda break that country by forcing all the shiat out of Libya. It's like Jihadist whack-a-mole over there.

sheep snorter		2013-01-14 09:11:50 PM

2 votes:

Has Canada sent a laundry ship yet?
They could also ship the french half of quebec there too in order to translate something.

Prey4reign		2013-01-14 09:08:34 PM

2 votes:

If we don't act decisively, the terrorists will control all that sand!

Hector Remarkable		2013-01-14 08:55:53 PM

2 votes:

Well I'm no foreign expert, but I believe it should be spelled Molly, as in "Molly was the singer in the band". Maybe that's what they're fighting about.

rogue49		2013-01-14 08:55:38 PM

2 votes:

Hey, at least it's someplace new.
We Americans need another geography lesson.

Primitive Screwhead		2013-01-14 08:55:11 PM

2 votes:

Just a "police action". Nothing to see here, move along ..*** whistles and walks away***

Wulfman		2013-01-15 10:12:35 AM

1 votes:

cynicalbastard: sweet-daddy-2: miss diminutive: Can't they just send Cajuns and kill two birds with one stone?

But who would make our gumbo?

Wouldn't sending Cajuns just be another form of gumbo diplomacy?

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cynicalbastard		2013-01-15 09:20:15 AM

1 votes:

sweet-daddy-2: miss diminutive: Can't they just send Cajuns and kill two birds with one stone?

But who would make our gumbo?

Wouldn't sending Cajuns just be another form of gumbo diplomacy?

casual disregard		2013-01-15 03:03:20 AM

1 votes:

To contrast with my liberal fellows here, the actions in Mali are absolutely essential.

Deconstruct a bit here: an avowed Socialist government is waging war against a communist-terrorist revolutionary movement.

If the good guys lose here, we all lose what little progress we have made in Africa. We can't lose this one. We just can't.

ciberido		2013-01-14 11:20:48 PM

1 votes:

Hector Remarkable: Well I'm no foreign expert, but I believe it should be spelled Molly, as in "Molly was the singer in the band". Maybe that's what they're fighting about.

As long as they're just fighting Molly and not flogging her....

ACallForPeace		2013-01-14 10:28:32 PM

1 votes:

Hector Remarkable: Well I'm no foreign expert, but I believe it should be spelled Molly, as in "Molly was the singer in the band". Maybe that's what they're fighting about.

But you know if we spelled it Molly, all the liberals would just be raving about and there would be more reprimands about political correctness, proper spelling, and geography than you could shake a glowstick at.

BATMANATEE		2013-01-14 10:27:51 PM

1 votes:

kvinesknows: miss diminutive: Can't they just send Cajuns and kill two birds with one stone?How about we send Canadian Indians?

Cajuns and Quebecois wouldn't be much use. People in Mali speak real French.

Omahawg		2013-01-14 09:57:26 PM

1 votes:

oh hell, if it weren't for the French navy the American terrorists would have lost their little anti-government uprising against the Crown.

Remember, kids, the French are the reason you don't speak English today. So thank them!

WordsnCollision		2013-01-14 09:48:22 PM

1 votes:

/Things are going great
//And they're only getting better.

g4lt		2013-01-14 09:32:18 PM

1 votes:

Ooh, double whammy! (Heart of Darkness was actually set in the Congo {ie Mali}, but got moved to Vietnam for the movie based on it: Apocalypse Now)

belhade		2013-01-14 09:21:52 PM

1 votes:

Well, if we just filibuster long enough, the French will eventually surrender and that'll be the end of that.

brantgoose		2013-01-14 09:18:53 PM

1 votes:

fusillade762: It's OK, we're just there as advisers.

There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - [pauses] - shame on you. Fool me - [pauses] - You can't get fooled again.
, ), in which the president confused a centuries-old proverb ("Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.")I guess this is Obama's Vietnam. (Runs for Canada. Oh, wait, I'm already in Canada.)

ferretman		2013-01-14 09:07:49 PM

1 votes:

A very important thing everyone has to remember....it's okay when Obama does it.

Bigdogdaddy		2013-01-14 09:07:02 PM

1 votes:

Obama's the worse muslin, sympethizer, socialist, communist, dictator EVER!!

Therion		2013-01-14 09:02:16 PM

1 votes:

Yeah, I've been seeing a lot of facebook-outrage today from folks who are usually quite gung-ho about cheerleading the use of military force.

I guess they don't like the thought of US troops being used to kill blah people.

iheartscotch		2013-01-14 08:59:56 PM

1 votes:

We do have a democrat in the White House.........

/ I keed, I keed

HMS_Blinkin		2013-01-14 08:59:11 PM

1 votes:

rogue49: Hey, at least it's someplace new.
We Americans need another geography lesson.

Yeah, Americans might actually learn something about Africa. Can't be all bad.

WTF Indeed		2013-01-14 08:54:59 PM

1 votes:

Considering the forces the US trained and armed jumped over to the rebel forces this is more Afghanistan wrapped in Vietnam.

GAT_00		2013-01-14 08:30:33 PM

1 votes:

I would think Subby would be happy since this is going after Al-Queda.

The U.S. is considering a range of options to help, including sending cargo aircrafts to lift more French ground troops into Mali, providing air refueling tankers for French air combat patrols, and offering intelligence gleaned from aerial surveillance.

Oh yeah, that's some real close involvement there.

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