U.S. must step up support for operation against West Africa militants: Francehttp://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-usa-africa/u-s-must-step-up-support-for-operation-against-west-africa-militants-france-idUSKBN1CP2F0Short version: France says the EU is not giving them the money to help their former French colonies, to establish their own army to fend off the Islamist militants.
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“LONG-TERM” EXIT STRATEGY?
Parly said the G5 Sahel force was meant to bolster the security capacity of Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Mauritania, which are all former French colonies.
French officials see the success of the G5 Sahel as a long-term exit strategy for Paris. For decades, France has mounted military operations in its former African colonies but in recent years it has looked to spread the cost.
Until now the G5 force has only received a quarter of its estimated 423 million euro budget, according to a report by the U.N. Secretary General, who said financing the operation would “remain a significant challenge” for several years.
Just another reason why I get upset when some folks on here accuse the US of "wanting" to be embedded in various countries all over the world.
The US doesn't "want" to. 99% of the time we are, yet again, answering the call for some other country, or someone else's reasons.
/e Wow! I just had a thought. Maybe all that free healthcare is why France can't afford to fight it's own battles.
Oh wait, I already said that was one of the reasons that the US doesn't have free healthcare, in the US healthcare topic.
This post was edited by Ghot on Oct 20 2017 04:05pm