French incursion into mali. according to american press reports, some of the attackers who sacked our consulate in benghazi, also took part in the algerian hostage-taking and murder in the sahara. anyone with a hawkish urging to get more involved in north africa should take note of our record in mali before we hire the contractors and send in the advisers. teams of u.s. special forces have been training and advising the malian army for more than ix years. but last year, the army cut and ran in the face of the enemy. many defected and surrendered their weapons to the militants. even more humili...