French invade Mali

http://news.antiwar.com/2013/01/11/f...wad-offensive/

Islamics hold 2 3rds of the north of the country and have started to move south. Apparently the UKs involvement so far is to fly some African troops in

[Taf]

The West used to be afraid of the March of Communism, but now it's the March of Islam.

Originally Posted by Taf

The West used to be afraid of the March of Communism, but now it's the March of Islam.

There will be a great Islamic war its when not if

[denphone]

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

There will be a great Islamic war its when not if

Well at the moment its peace in our time and lets hope it stays that way.

[Gary L]

insisting the Islamists are a threat to the entire planet.

a threat or a bloody nuisance?

Originally Posted by Gary L

a threat or a bloody nuisance?

threat because they would use anything they could against us. Dirty bombs bio weapons anything

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Gary L

a threat or a bloody nuisance?

i would say threat - one that needs cracking with a sledgehammer before it gets too late .

[Taf]

I saw the change in the majority French muslim population go from mostly very tolerant Algerians and Morrocans to very intolerant black Africans, including Malians.

Crime rose as they started to dominate, by both birth and immigration. Many more areas of the major cities are practically no-go areas now for both "indigenous" French and the original Algerian/Morrocan populations. Violent crimes are also much more common in areas with the black majorities. Members of our family moved away from the "black" areas as soon as they could.

P.S. They prefer to be known and addressed as "blacks"... the English word.

Hollande may have stirred up a hornets' nest back in France with this aid to Mali.

[thenry]

Good. These nutcases need ousting.

@ Taf... From what I've heard from fellow Arsenal supporters connected to France in some way is that theres a divide. According to who I heard stuff from.. middle class look down upon Africans, there were no higher class jobs for blacks or so on but at the sametime some classed them as crazy inbreds not able to fit in or something. Some said African families in France that are middleclass steer clear of the conflict. If its a ghetto attitude then what do you expect but they need educating. Does that make sense to you or is it wrong?

[Taf]

AFAIC, education moves some people away from religious domination and towards civilisation, and upper classes tend to get better education.

[thenry]

i get that. i was asking with regards to some of the crazy stuff, antisocial stuff not the extremists although you could call the antisocial stuff extremist behaviour too. im pretty sure it hit football hard at some clubs.

I was watching the new yesterday and Channel 4 had a report from within Mali that showed the French had already been successful in stopping the militants and the Mali people were all pretty grateful and hoped the French would stay for a while!

The French know how to invade a country and when to go to war...

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Damien

I was watching the new yesterday and Channel 4 had a report from within Mali that showed the French had already been successful in stopping the militants and the Mali people were all pretty grateful and hoped the French would stay for a while!

The French know how to invade a country and when to go to war...

I wouldn't be banking on it being a done deal just yet. The Iraqis were happy to see coalition forces in Baghdad and Nigeria has it's own issues with Islamic terrorism...

Ahem ...

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/victories.html

The old ones are always the best.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Chris

Ahem ...

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/victories.html

The old ones are always the best.

That's not what my wife says..