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2017-12-03 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by ryuge 2017-12-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 ROE should be: "Go in, break things, kill them until they decide to quit"

Posted by Frank G 2017-12-03 10:01|| 2017-12-03 10:01|| Front Page Top

#2 ROE should be: "Go in, break things, kill them until they decide to quit"

Either that or get the hell outta there.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-12-03 11:02|| 2017-12-03 11:02|| Front Page Top

#3 The comparison breaks down from the outset, Mali is actually a fairly civilized place compared to Afghanistan.

Posted by Cesare 2017-12-03 11:04|| 2017-12-03 11:04|| Front Page Top

#4 No. France still has a direct economic interest in ~~protecting~~ controlling trade in its former African empire.

Posted by magpie 2017-12-03 15:13|| 2017-12-03 15:13|| Front Page Top

#5 neither “the mandate, the vocation, nor, finally, the qualifications for reconstructing the States in which they are intervening.”

Sounds like Gen. Ripper talking about politicians: "They have neither the time, the training nor the inclination for strategic thought."

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-12-03 20:20|| 2017-12-03 20:20|| Front Page Top

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