Monday, January 07, 2013

Discovering Nuance

The French are discovering that Mali in the hands of jihadis might be bad for France.

Do tell:

The insurgency that has seized the north of Mali is paving the way for attacks on France as more French Muslims of African origin are finding a cause in the conflict, Paris's top anti-terrorism judge warned on Sunday.

As Mali's former colonial ruler, France fears al Qaeda's north African arm, AQIM, is cementing a base in the West African state that would provide a launch pad against French political and economic interests at home and abroad.

Indeed. I figured France might be concerned about this development. That's why I assumed France would take the lead in defeating the jihadis there.

Silly me, but since then France has done nothing and hopes the international community will take care of the problem some time in the autumn of 2013.

Hopefully, there isn't a car-torching decathlon in French suburbs this summer as Paris waits for someone else to do the job they need to do.