Posted on Jan 7, 2015
How will France react to the attack on Charlie Hebdo Magazine?
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Today Muslim terrorists attacked a satirical magazine in France as detailed in below article.
Will the French Government under-react, failing to pursue an investigation or mete out justice?
Surely they cannot post police outside every paper and news channel and editor and reporter's home. Will there be consideration of a roll-back on firearm ownership restrictions to provide the only robust response to small arms attacks (individual immediate action)?
Will the French Government react to the attack either domestically with increased domestic surveillance of Muslims? Or internationally with deployments against ISIS/other extremists as they have in the past? Will they pressure the US to react in an international way-as they have (and we have supported) in the past?
What would be an over-reaction and was that the intention of the attackers in the first place?
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2015/01/french-newspaper-attacked-paris-gunmen [login to see] 36139681.html
Will the French Government under-react, failing to pursue an investigation or mete out justice?
Surely they cannot post police outside every paper and news channel and editor and reporter's home. Will there be consideration of a roll-back on firearm ownership restrictions to provide the only robust response to small arms attacks (individual immediate action)?
Will the French Government react to the attack either domestically with increased domestic surveillance of Muslims? Or internationally with deployments against ISIS/other extremists as they have in the past? Will they pressure the US to react in an international way-as they have (and we have supported) in the past?
What would be an over-reaction and was that the intention of the attackers in the first place?
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2015/01/french-newspaper-attacked-paris-gunmen [login to see] 36139681.html
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The French are hard to read sometimes. Sometimes they live up to the "punching bag" stereotype, other times they go off the deep end (guillotines anyone?).
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Capt Richard I P.
LTC Paul Labrador Or French Foreign legions-romping and stomping across Vietnam and Africa?
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LTC Paul Labrador
Exactly. Of course, back in the day, the FFL were the dregs that no respectable Frenchman wanted to have anything to do with, so they were not as squimish about sending them off to fight.
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French government will speak empty words backed by no action.
The French military will conceive an outstanding plan with high chance of success and minimal consequence management needs, which will be refused by the French president. The French police will make a few token arrests and the event will fade away...until the next one.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
The French military will conceive an outstanding plan with high chance of success and minimal consequence management needs, which will be refused by the French president. The French police will make a few token arrests and the event will fade away...until the next one.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
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Capt Richard I P.
SGM Erik Marquez Got to respect someone with ground-truth experience. The funny WWII stereotypes aside, the French have actually had a pretty good military reputation throughout their history, if subject to some of the rigidity criticisms typical of a European tradition that grew up with aristocracy. Sounds like at the tactical level they get listened to even less than we do. "We the willing...led by the unknowing..."
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CW3 John Wescott
I don't know - to watch them execute a policeman on the sidewalk. You would think that would cause some call to action?
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SGM Erik Marquez
I'll admit, I was wrong..and Im pleasantly surprised at Frances aggressive response so far. I'm going to hazard a guess and say it is because it was on home ground.. And good for them. I wish the French president allowed the same aggressiveness in response to attacks on his people when deployed.
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Capt Richard I P.
SGM Erik Marquez, as I said below.
Semper Fidelis to our brother-warriors in France who have killed (some of) the people who did this. A shame they couldn't save every hostage, but make no mistake about their heroism of their actions.
You may like this companion discussion:
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-is-the-operational-purpose-behind-the-charlie-hebdo-paris-attacks?urlhash=411180
Semper Fidelis to our brother-warriors in France who have killed (some of) the people who did this. A shame they couldn't save every hostage, but make no mistake about their heroism of their actions.
You may like this companion discussion:
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-is-the-operational-purpose-behind-the-charlie-hebdo-paris-attacks?urlhash=411180
What is the Operational purpose behind the Charlie Hebdo/Paris attacks? | RallyPoint
Unlike my other discussion question interested in the reaction of France and the US to the attacks and some of the news-source based discussion questions of what actually occurred and one debating the proximate motivations of the attack, this thread is about the Operational purpose. The Strategic is policy outcome (most Jihadists want a Caliphate) Tactics win battles (or terrorist attacks) and Operations link Strategy and Tactics. The...
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Hate to say it but they'll look to the US for a response. Most of our European allies maintain a generally small stand army because they have te liberty to remain under the massive umbrella that is our own. But this is only the start I'd assume, having watched the flow of ISIS members out of Syria under the guise of refugees, they'll push further and further into Western Europe for now. I'm honestly not trying to fear monger the fact. Just making a play call prediction.
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Capt Richard I P.
SPC (Join to see) I thought it was interesting in the recent French operations in Mali, just how much the US was actually doing from Air support to logistics to SF.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/world/africa/us-trains-african-commandos-to-fight-terrorism.html?_r=0
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/12/11/letter-president-six-month-consolidated-war-powers-resolution-report
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/world/africa/us-trains-african-commandos-to-fight-terrorism.html?_r=0
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/12/11/letter-president-six-month-consolidated-war-powers-resolution-report
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