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UN secretary-general says 'dialogue not possible at this time' with Mali's Islamists |
2013-01-24 |
[Washington Post] U.N. Secretary-General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon ... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... says "dialogue is not possible at this time" with Mali's Islamic snuffies and that the solution to the unrest in the west African country will ultimately depend on political, diplomatic and military means. The U.N. chief on Tuesday also praised La Belle France's military intervention in Mali, saying, "I applaud La Belle France for its courageous decision to deploy troops following the troubling move southward by bad boy groups." Ban also called Mali a political challenge. He says, "It was the coup and the collapse of Mali's democracy that opened the way for bad boys." He says military gains must be matched by efforts to restore full constitutional order and legitimacy in the country. |
Posted by:Fred |
#6 Gonna be a one-way conversation, of the 30 caliber kind. |
Posted by: Muggsy Mussolini1226 2013-01-24 13:47 |
#5 'dialogue not possible at this time' What? Is your last French to Arabic translator on vacation Ban Ki-moon? If so, try the Google translator, you may surprise yourself with the result. |
Posted by: Pearl Ebbeatle4189 2013-01-24 13:23 |
#4 It's just one Tranzi telling the tranzi politicians that "of course _THIS_ war is just" after they armed these bastidges in the first place. Meanwhile, the rest of us are supposed to give these tranzi bastidges the benefit of the doubt after all the backstabbing they engaged in in the Iraq war. |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-01-24 12:18 |
#3 "I'm relevant, dammit!" |
Posted by: Pappy 2013-01-24 10:13 |
#2 But Israel is supposed to talk to Paleosimians, right Banki? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-01-24 01:23 |
#1 Whine, Whine, Whine, I'm not listening anymore. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-01-24 00:25 |