Mali

[glatt]

I think it's a mistake, and am glad we're not in it, for once. Maybe if France had been more involved in the cluster fucks of Iraq and Afghanistan, they wouldn't be so eager to get involved in another one. I hope for their sakes, and for the West in general, that they can hand it off to the Africans quickly and get out. These types of wars breed terrorism, they don't stamp it out. At least not without getting really dirty and rebuilding the country.