In recent years the US has spent at least $500 million training the Malian military. What's to show for that outlay? An army that bullies the civilian population, overthrows the democratically elected government, and collapses into chaos in the face of the Toureg insurgency.
If General Carter Ham was a glass-half-full kind of guy he might have said something along the lines of, "well, just imagine what a mess the place would be if we hadn't trained them... thank God we were there for them!"
So give Bwana Ham credit for not trying to spin this debacle. In fact, he mans up and takes full responsibility. Seems the US trainers forgot their lesson plans for the values and ethics chapters in the training manuals. Well, it's no surprise then that our students are summarily executing unarmed civilians and dropping their bodies down wells.
Looks like the rascals are going to have to be trained all over again.
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