Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "France announces military mission withdrawal from Mali after nine years | DW News" video.

  1. Sure, Wagner Group isn't bound by any rules of engagement, let alone human rights.
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  2. I remember only too well how we used the French UN contingent in Lebanon as a battering ram. When the situation was getting out of hand, we told the locals and the Israelis that we'd get the French Foreign Legionnaires to help out. Things invariably quieted down.
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  3.  @wyihupoip8105  Let's explore your statement further. Wikipedia lists the following wars (from 1922) as French military victories: Malagasy Uprising (1947–1948) Bamileke War (1955–1964) Suez Crisis (1956) Ifni War (1957–1958) Basque conflict (1959–2011) Bizerte crisis (1961) Corsican conflict (1976–2011) Shaba I (1977) Chadian–Libyan Conflict (1978–1987) Shaba II (1978) Gulf War (1990–1991) Djiboutian Civil War (1991–1994) Bosnian War (1992–1995) Kosovo War (1998–1999) First Ivorian Civil War (2002–2007) Haitian coup d'état (2004), Chadian Civil War (2005–2010) Second Ivorian Civil War (2010–2011) First Libyan Civil War (2011) Central African Republic Civil War (2012–2021) Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Over to you.
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