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[quote]France plans to begin pulling troops out of Mali from March and will focus its operations on flushing out Islamist rebels in the north of the country, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday
"We will continue to act in the north where some terrorist havens remain," Fabius said in an interview for Wednesday's Metro newspaper. "I think that from March, if everything goes according to plan, the number of French troops should fall." [/quote]
It's looking likely that they'll be replaced by a [url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/02/201325202121869672.html]UN force[/url]
Amazing, truly amazing how fast this went.
Lets hope this rate or progress continues.
Bang and the French are gone.
France have always had a stereotype for being surrendering cowards, but turns out they're a much more effective world police than the US.
Worlds fastest rebel cleansing?
[QUOTE=UnknownDude;39487537]France have always had a stereotype for being surrendering cowards, but turns out they're a much more effective world police than the US.[/QUOTE]
The funniest thing is that the U.S is their logistic support.
No sense overstaying your presence and becoming the enemy to the local population.
Now that the french is actually a military force, we need a new laughing stock.
[QUOTE=draugur;39487575]The funniest thing is that the U.S is their logistic support.[/QUOTE]
No. most of the developed world is their logistics support.
Holy hell, that was fast.
[QUOTE=GammaFive;39487582]No sense overstaying your presence and becoming the enemy to the local population.[/QUOTE]
You either withdraw a hero, or stay long enough to see yourself become a villain
Uh huh, remember anyone else who declared "Mission Accomplished" a few weeks after invading an Islamic country?
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;39488795]Uh huh, remember anyone else who declared "Mission Accomplished" a few weeks after invading an Islamic country?[/QUOTE]
But that somebody else didn't withdraw the majority of its troops swiftly and decided to keep a large military presence for a very long time.
[QUOTE=laserguided;39488168]No. most of the developed world is their logistics support.[/QUOTE]
Yes and no, the US has the most developed air and land support network in the area (odd since it's Europe, 2013, and the US still needs to have a base in nearly every NATO country.) While the french may be receiving supplies from other nations, I don't know if Germany is able or willing to just give away a few of its C-5 Galaxies just to drop a few tanks and a few hundred troops in north Africa for a figurative weekend. Not dissing the rest of Europe's military forces, but the US has developed a bit of an arsenal overseas.
Successful campaign is successful.
What's that? The french are retreating again?
[sp]I'm only kidding. Well done, France.[/sp]
AND THAT'S HOW IT WORKS USA :v:
wasn't it a totally different situation from the us
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