MALI. The cowardice of Europe

It is high time that our European neighbors are supporting France in the Malian quagmire.

So when France will she handle the dirty cop role in Mali? How many journalists murdered will he for our European partners are not confined to the role of generous donors of Sahel? How many French hostages will he count, thirty, forty, fifty, before powerbrokers Brussels shake the 27 to come, too, in the Malian quagmire? Assuming only the first part in the hunt for jihadists, Francois Hollande has acquired, whatever his critics think, an international stature. But also because Europe has played Pontius Pilate, focused this modern warfare, planetary, in a face-to-face France / Al-Qaeda.

The President, of course, is not responsible for the cowardice of our European neighbors. But it is high time to get out of this pattern. How? Netherlands come to set an example by sending a contingent of 150 men in northern Mali, for intelligence operations and training of the Malian army. Not enough to upset the balance, but from a symbolic point of view, the Dutch approach is a strong signal.

Why can it be that the Spaniards, Portuguese, Italians, Poles, Germans, and others, make this symbolic gesture to signify that the armed struggle against fundamentalism is the business of all democracies, not only of France ? It is urgent to take action to prevent French citizens become targets around the world, because in the area of terrorism, there is no sanctuary.

Eurocrats retort us for sure, they just commit billions of euros to help the economic development of the area, as Brussels, through the action of France, reached three billion euros, Mali alone, the sole purpose of rebuilding a shattered state. Others argue that the very close elections will finally clarify the political situation in the country. Certainly, certainly. But these pétochards countries can not be exonerated from their presence on the ground, alongside French forces and Minusma. Same token, sending troops from the four corners of Europe would be support for France but also for Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Malian president. The military presence of Europe give greater legitimacy to its action. This may be the price to pay for the Mali does not become Afghanistan. Why wait?

MALI. The cowardice of Europe