This is a translation of a piece from HuffPost France on the reluctance of the international community to intervene in Mali.
Eight days into the military intervention in Mali, France is still the only Western country with troops involved in active combat. Various countries, including Germany and the United States, have stressed the necessity and legitimacy of the French involvement. However, not a single Western country has sent, or even offered to send, soldiers to Mali. This comes as a blow to Paris, which has been labeled by some in the past as cowardly for refusing to send troops to Iraq and leaving the quagmire of Afghanistan prematurely.
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