Susan Rice:The plan for military intervention in Mali is "crap"
In the decorous world of international diplomacy, the words of Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the UN, ring loud and clear."It's crap," "That's crap," said the American envoy at a meeting of UN officials, about the French plan for military intervention in Mali, supported by Africans, Economic Community of West African [ECOWAS] and the AU.
Source : https://www.marocafrik.com/english/Susan-Rice-The-...
Here are two excerpts from the article, published Tuesday, December 11, on the website of Foreign Policy (magazine dedicated to foreign affairs and the economy). and quoted by Le Monde.
"The major powers of the UN said today that the arrests and the ouster of leader transition Malian Prime Minister Diarra, does not deter the Security Council of the UN to move on the idea of intervening in Mali in order to confront Islamist groups in the north. But they failed to cover the differences in perspective between France and the United States on how to do it.
This assessment of the U.S. envoy reflects doubts about the strength and capacity of the Malian army, supported by a coalition of 3,300 troops from 15 countries in West Africa led by Nigeria, to fight against a insurrection which is enured to war and combat experience in the desert. Rice's opinion is also a setback for the long and protracted effort of France and the countries of West Africa for the Security Council mandate to approve a regional force intervention in Mali. '
"The major powers of the UN said today that the arrests and the ouster of leader transition Malian Prime Minister Diarra, does not deter the Security Council of the UN to move on the idea of intervening in Mali in order to confront Islamist groups in the north. But they failed to cover the differences in perspective between France and the United States on how to do it.
This assessment of the U.S. envoy reflects doubts about the strength and capacity of the Malian army, supported by a coalition of 3,300 troops from 15 countries in West Africa led by Nigeria, to fight against a insurrection which is enured to war and combat experience in the desert. Rice's opinion is also a setback for the long and protracted effort of France and the countries of West Africa for the Security Council mandate to approve a regional force intervention in Mali. '
Source : https://www.marocafrik.com/english/Susan-Rice-The-...