I think any European that laugh at Sahel tomato paste trio are idiots.

As you guys know Mali is pretty much fell to the Tuaregs and there’s no fucking way those Tuaregs gonna stop at Mali.

What I found interesting and expected is that on the former US based turned besieged enclave on Kidal the tuaregs actually allowed the Russians to left their Malians employer besieged and left the based.

I think the reason is simple.

As they finally conquered Mali they will ended up with a massive quantity of war material and specifically advanced weaponry that none of them know how to use.

But those Russians know how to use it.

This is why the Tuaregs kept them alive, so that at least those Russians taught them how to use it.

And this is where I think the European are stupid.

What France needs (Phosphate, Uranium, etc) sits right next to Sahara desert a.k.a the same feature that protected the Tuaregs from them and Russians.

But this time they got attack helicopters/ worse.

This left the French terrible option:

1. They either have to fight the Tuaregs for every Uranium convoy and actually took casualties.

2. They bribe the Tuaregs & who knows how much does those tuaregs gonna extort from them.