France Invades Mali

[Phillip V]

"This operation will last as long as needed." -François Hollande

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324081704578235222252420976.html

[derspiess]

Suckers.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

france has money to spare?

[KRonn]

Good luck to France in "storming the castle"! 

[Viking]

No blood for ... eh.. what does Mali produce?

[Neil]

No blood for... whatever it is that Mali has.

I could support this if it was the first in a string of re-colonizations by France.  As disastrous as the French colonial regime was for the peoples they ruled, it was still better than them ruling themselves or being ruled by any colonial power other than Britain or the US.

[Phillip V]

No blood for... whatever it is that Mali has.

I could support this if it was the first in a string of re-colonizations by France.  As disastrous as the French colonial regime was for the peoples they ruled, it was still better than them ruling themselves or being ruled by any colonial power other than Britain or the US.

President Hollande announced that 100 years later this is the beginning of a new French West Africa.

[viper37]

No blood for ... eh.. what does Mali produce?

Natural resources: gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower
note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited

[Darth Wagtaros]

What state is the French army and air force in?

[Ed Anger]

I have a tricolor boner right now.

[Barrister]

No blood for... whatever it is that Mali has.

I could support this if it was the first in a string of re-colonizations by France.  As disastrous as the French colonial regime was for the peoples they ruled, it was still better than them ruling themselves or being ruled by any colonial power other than Britain or the US.

President Hollande announced that 100 years later this is the beginning of a new French West Africa.

That map is so very, very wrong.  Britain must always be red on a map, while France must always be blue.

[The Brain]

Plus you only need four colors and the map has eight.

[The Brain]

I'd love to say "Mali bomaye!" but crappy France is still better than any African country.

[Agelastus]

No blood for... whatever it is that Mali has.

I could support this if it was the first in a string of re-colonizations by France.  As disastrous as the French colonial regime was for the peoples they ruled, it was still better than them ruling themselves or being ruled by any colonial power other than Britain or the US.

President Hollande announced that 100 years later this is the beginning of a new French West Africa.

That map is so very, very wrong.  Britain must always be red on a map, while France must always be blue.

It's just a terrible map; I had no idea that the Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Spanish Guinea and Spanish Morrocco were independent in 1914. I also note that three of the German possessions are in green but the fourth possession, Togo, is in the more normal field gray.

Surely you could have found a better map, Phillip V?

Edit: Oh, and apparently the Cabinda enclave was independent as well.

[Malthus]

Major world event happens, is reported - what does everyone comment on? The shittiness of the map.

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