You wrote just last month, “Various multinational task forces have deployed directly to areas affected by the twin ills of civil war and transnational terrorism.” You went on to say, regarding Mali, “In a fragile neighborhood with a history of poor governance and limited resources, this joint force targets cross-border operations of criminal networks and terrorist groups to deter violence, radicalization, and corruption.”
Is it a fair assessment to say that there isn't peace to keep there, that when you look at the G5 Sahel, supported by the French and the UN Alliance, we need to be fighting terrorism and quit talking about peacekeeping when things are just in so much disarray?