The Islamists are well armed, with AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns mounted on vehicles [pickup trucks], as well as some armored personnel carriers seized from the Malian military last year.

Surely this is not nearly enough to resist a modern military. I have been reliably informed by the anti-2nd amendment crowd that it is not, and that no equipment would ever find its way out of the National Guard’s control.

Fenris on January 16, 2013 at 12:14 PM

Come on! This is the French we’re talking about here.

The Islamists are well armed, with AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns mounted on vehicles [pickup trucks], as well as some armored personnel carriers seized from the Malian military last year.

Surely this is not nearly enough to resist a modern military. I have been reliably informed by the anti-2nd amendment crowd that it is not, and that no equipment would ever find its way out of the National Guard’s control.

Just five days into the French military campaign, it was becoming clear that airstrikes alone will probably not be enough to root out these battle-hardened fighters…

What really is needed is several billion in American taxpayer dollars….that should do the trick

Just five days into the French military campaign, it was becoming clear that airstrikes alone will probably not be enough to root out these battle-hardened fighters…

Gee, the NYT is suprised by this? You’d think that, with all the conflicts of the past 20 or so years, everyone would know by now that you can’t win unless you have boots on the ground.