"Yes, because France has not won this war. It has gone but we have not yet won. However, there is less humiliation. In Mali, a whole generation of soldiers has experienced what this war means. Young people have been thrown into the field, without autonomy of thought or analysis of the situation. When the Malians said: "Let us try to talk to Iyad and Koufa," France replied: "No way! And people were, and still are, dropping like flies. It is all this that led us to stand up to Macron's diktat."
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