Jihadis the world over know they can always outlast Western forces. They’re fighting a 1,400-year-old struggle. Western armies can think ahead five or ten years at best.
“Conditions no longer in place to continue Mali fight, France says,” by John Irish, Reuters, February 15, 2022:
PARIS, Feb 14 (Reuters) – The conditions are no longer in place to continue the fight against Islamist militants in Mali and President Emmanuel Macron has asked to re-organise French troops in the region, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday.
“If the conditions are no longer in place so that we can act in Mali, which is clearly the case, then we will continue to fight terrorism next door with the Sahel countries, who ” Le Drian told France 5.
France is considering withdrawing its troops from Mali, but adapting its strategy to prevent Islamist militancy spreading south may prove complex and contribute to uncertainty in the region.
A French drawdown would mean the European special forces Takuba task force would also leave with diplomats saying that the political, operational and legal conditions to remain becoming increasingly difficult.
Western foreign ministers and senior diplomats held crunch talks on their countries’ future presence fighting Islamist militants in Mali on Monday after three weeks of consultations amid deterioration in relations between Mali and France, the main foreign military power in the Sahel region….
A draft document seen by Reuters, distributed to countries involved in Mali that has yet to be approved, says that France and its Takuba partners had agreed to coordinate withdrawal of their military resources from Malian territory….
Wellington says
A very possible update in the near future on this “theme,” to wit, “Conditions no longer in place to fight jihadis in France.”
Yes, this bleak because the West has stupidly let the monster into its midst, all the while, in super moronic and ignorant mode, contending that the monster is not a monster at all.
But Islam is a monster. This should have never been assumed otherwise. It’s Islamic barbarism or Western Civilization. Can’t have both. Right now, the monster is winning, aided by huge numbers of Western idiots like Macron.
gravenimage says
Too true, Wellington.
Shawn says
Good to know other people are out there who see reality.
OLD GUY says
The migration invasion of Islam is in full force.
gravenimage says
France: ‘Conditions no longer in place’ to fight jihadis in Mali
Jihadis the world over know they can always outlast Western forces. They’re fighting a 1,400-year-old struggle. Western armies can think ahead five or ten years at best.
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So true. Muslims are taught to love death, and especially killing. Westerners often have little stomach for this, even to defend their own lands.
And Mali can never be civilized–it is an almost entirely Muslim country.
Infidel says
Maybe the French Foreign Legion could be brought to fight all the muslims in France, and once they win that, then they can think about Mali again, if they so choose
The other suggestion I have – round up all French muslims, form a militia out of them, and airdrop them in Timbuktoo. They can then decide which side of that jihad they are on
raja says
Infidel,
Home-grown terrorists are so many, be it jihadists, stealth jihadists or Sharia clamorers, they are too hot to handle and France cannot afford to take of its eyes from the local terrorists.
Forget the distant Mali let’s put our house in order first, that seems to be the mood right now.
Devasur says
Once a country becomes Islamic it’s lost forever.
None Muslims are failing to understand that.
Infidel says
There have been exceptions in history – Spain and Israel. Also, the Russians did a yeoman’s job in Turkistan in the 19th century, and destroyed what was really the center of medieval world jihad. Whatever reservations I may have about both the Soviets and President Putin, I will eternally salute the Romanovs for conquering the places that were the seats of jihadist power from the Samanids to the Timurides
abu taleb says
With a leader like Macron, France will surrender to muslims in France when the condition comes. So will Germany, UK, Belgium etc
Lavéritétriomphera says
French laws are incompatible with sharia.
Bikinis not Burkas says
As long as countries abide by the Geneva Convention a win over the MURDEROUS IDEOLOGY of ISLAM is impossible.
Stop fighting like the Black Knight in Monty Python!
Islamonauseic says
Sloppy writing. The forth paragraph contains an incomplete sentence which doesn’t make sense.