Monsieur President can scarcely have had time to savor the adulation that came his way as he decisively established himself the bold and fearless leader he always believed he could be.
Four days into his operation to rid Mali of "Islamic terrorists" several facts have made themselves obvious.
The advisers who led Hollande the Conqueror to believe that the adversary would fade into the desert after a few days of bombing are imbeciles.
The delusion that this adventure would be over in a week was just that; delusional.
Many more thousands of boots will be required on the ground if the Islamists are to be routed in a land operation.
The lofty goals he has declared for a stable, democratic and Western-friendly Mali ensure that France will eventually have to concede defeat or be prepared to occupy the country indefinitely.
All of which facts were readily discernible to every moderately well-informed observer months ago.
Was the man so obsessed with "earning his spurs" that he chose to forge ahead regardless?
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