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In the discussion thread: France launches air strikes in Mali against Islamist rebels [View all]

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Fri Jan 11, 2013, 06:04 PM

UnrepentantLiberal (11,700 posts)

5. They probably decided that the rebels would have had too much of a foothold by then.

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France launches air strikes in Mali against Islamist rebels [View all]	UnrepentantLiberal	Jan 2013	OP
Huh, that's moving more quickly than I thought	Posteritatis	Jan 2013	#1
It doesn't take a lot of preparation to launch air strikes.	UnrepentantLiberal	Jan 2013	#2
Libya was at least several days of lead-up, though	Posteritatis	Jan 2013	#3
They probably decided that the rebels would have had too much of a foothold by then.	UnrepentantLiberal	Jan 2013	#5
That's definitely true. (nt)	Posteritatis	Jan 2013	#6
there was a certain sense of urgency that appeared since then	Alamuti Lotus	Jan 2013	#7
That's certainly one take on it, I suppose. (nt)	Posteritatis	Jan 2013	#8
good for France	samsingh	Jan 2013	#4

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