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| Mali war costs debt-laden France 70 million euros |
| 2013-02-08 |
| [FRANCE24] France has spent an average of 2.7 million euros per day on its military intervention in Mali so far, an expenditure that could be questioned as the war effort in the West African nation evolves. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 In Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, Dr. Evil wakes up after decades of suspended animation, at the beginning of which $25 bought an ounce of gold. Naturally, he comes up with a new money-making scheme that involves threatening The World: Dr. Evil: Shit. Oh hell, let's just do what we always do. Hijack some nuclear weapons and hold the world hostage. Yeah? Good! Gentlemen, it has come to my attention that a breakaway Russian Republic called Kreplachistan will be transferring a nuclear warhead to the United Nations in a few days. Here's the plan. We get the warhead and we hold the world ransom for... ONE MILLION DOLLARS! Number Two: Don't you think we should ask for *more* than a million dollars? A million dollars isn't exactly a lot of money these days. Virtucon alone makes over 9 billion dollars a year! Dr. Evil: Really? That's a lot of money. [pause] Dr. Evil: Okay then, we hold the world ransom for... Dr. Evil: One... Hundred... BILLION DOLLARS! |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2013-02-08 22:09 |
| #8 Chickenfeed. Really. The cost of one Eurofighter Typhoon |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2013-02-08 18:31 |
| #7 :) American (real millions) ZF. Keep your commas to yourself. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-02-08 16:31 |
| #6 70 million euros? Considering there are only a few hundred millionaires in the world, that's a lot of money. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2013-02-08 16:29 |
| #5 Sometimes you have to spend money to make money. Yes Ebbang Uluque6305 and sometimes you spend money and get nothing. France‘paid $17 million’ ransom for Mali hostages Paris paid a ransom in 2010 of some 17 million dollars to free four French hostages - who are still being held by al Qaeda-linked militants, probably in northern Mali, according to a former US ambassador to Mali. |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-02-08 14:19 |
| #4 Sometimes you have to spend money to make money. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-02-08 11:38 |
| #3 They have no choice. A simple matter of economics. If their uranium mines in North Africa fall to AQ, their domestic electricity is terminated. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-02-08 07:56 |
| #2 France is no more broke than we are. They just have to raise the debt ceiling and get Brussels to print more Euros. I know that the EU is different, but in the end it doesn't stop them from spending what they don't have. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-02-08 07:54 |
| #1 that's a lot of euro's ... for a country that's bankrupt and in denial about it :-) Maybe they should turn the Follies Bergere into a worldwide franchise. Just sayin' :-) |
| Posted by: Raider 2013-02-08 00:29 |