[BenLurkin]

I wonder what their “exit strategy” is.....

[Western Phil]

Hope its not withdrawal and turning everything over to the enemy.

[SunkenCiv]

The goal of the French is to retake Mali, but...

• France to start pulling troops from Mali in March
• France: Hundreds of Islamist militants killed in Mali
• Mali locals say al Qaeda commander dead, France cautious
• Al-Qaeda commander behind Algeria gas plant attack 'killed in Mali'
• Al-Qaeda commander Abou Zeid killed by French forces in Mali mountains
• Terrorist Behind Algerian Hostage Crisis Killed
• French planes pound Islamist camps in north Mali desert
• Mali Rebels, Now Aiding French, Say They're Holding Militants
• Gunbattle rocks Gao after rebels surprise French, Malians
• Witness describes Mali forces 'executing' students
• Algeria: The Real Roots of AQIM
• Inside Gao where Arab jihadis took bloody sharia retribution on Mali's black Africans
• France Will Be 40 Percent Muslim in 2030