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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]When was the last time that France won any war on its own? They are inconsequential as a military power. [/quote]

To be fair, France performed pretty well in Mali. Of course, Yemen would be a different story. I doubt anyone wants to send ground troops to Yemen. [/quote]

Fair point! But as you stated Yemen would be a whole different challenge than Mali.

Besides, the French effort in Mali has not been a long term success as evidenced by the return of jihadists to Mali. Further, from this link:

[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/07/24/a-reminder-of-what-has-been-happening-in-mali[/url]

[i] In many ways, France's redeployment of its troops was less an acknowledgement that the problems in Mali were over, and more a sign that it viewed the Islamist threat in northwest Africa as a transnational problem. The recent surge of attacks by Boko Haram may show they are right. Many of Nigeria's Islamists had cut their teeth fighting in Mali before returning home.[/i]

Even if the French were successful in driving AQ out of Yemen, they would surface elsewhere.

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