tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post7243607374524028026..comments2024-03-28T00:01:34.598-07:00Comments on The Galloping Beaver: "Turning point" and "Disarray"Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-51382764844452066742013-02-01T00:29:15.285-08:002013-02-01T00:29:15.285-08:00Don't forget there's actually three sides ...Don't forget there's actually three sides to this. The locals you refer to, the Tuareg, have an insurgency of their own going (have for years), and were recently reinforced by Tuareg ex-Libyan-armed-forces types who for certain reasons don't have a place in Libya any more but do have access to plenty of weapons.<br />No, they don't like the Al Quaeda types (and those not involvedPurple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-77596195416592046532013-01-31T16:40:33.890-08:002013-01-31T16:40:33.890-08:00No it isn't a certainty but Mali has many bord...No it isn't a certainty but Mali has many borders and Libya fallout may flood the region with militants and arms. The ingredients are there: Less capable African armies combined with a corrupt Mali government and poorly trained army might open new windows. Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952672409601421466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-61901805407026959632013-01-31T16:33:50.504-08:002013-01-31T16:33:50.504-08:00Maybe, maybe not.
The "Islamists" enfor...Maybe, maybe not.<br /><br />The "Islamists" enforce a crunchy kind of Sharia. Religious psychopaths with AK-47's and RPG's.<br /><br />In my opinion, they do not have the willing co-operation of the inhabitants, who ascribe to a less crunchy Islam. <br /><br />So the long-term viability of any insurgency is not a certainty. The requisite objective conditions do not exist.Edstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-47633526892481145492013-01-31T12:19:55.827-08:002013-01-31T12:19:55.827-08:00Sun Tzu nailed this a couple of thousand years ago...Sun Tzu nailed this a couple of thousand years ago.<br /><br />Western powers call it asymmetrical warfare, but still don't know how to win against it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00339589111625736513noreply@blogger.com