1. I'm slow to get to this, but it's fascinating. #Mali PM Maïga responding to criticism by the "national transition council." They asked, "you haven't accomplished much. Why not?"
2. His response largely is to insist on Mali's having re-found its sovereignty by kicking out the French, and he complains that France announced it was leaving, which would create a vacuum, which proved it was bad for Mali to be dependent.
3. Then he blamed the many problems of the military on its dependence on France. That's revealing: there's some truth to this in that France's presence encouraged a large measure of complacency, though it's odd to blame France for Malian leaders' inaction.
4. In any case, if the French departure propels Mali's leaders to act, so much the better.
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