But, frankly speaking, because we suffered from the blockade and the militaryinterventions, we do not encourage a blockade because it exhausts the people and the government.
Though its troops are posted in locations around Africa, French leaders earlier said they wouldn't send combat troops to Mali and that they'd scale back France's militaryinterventions on the continent.
High impact violent events like In Amenas and dramatic militaryinterventions like in Mali do inevitably shift our perspective of risk and require that we recalibrate the measures we take to manage the changing threat.
This brutal minority has become the de facto defining feature of the Islamic world, not only driving European and American political and militaryinterventions in the Muslim world, but also anchoring the rhetoric of dictatorial leaders in all Muslim-majority countries.
In interviews, Rice has gently criticized Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for her triumphalism--"Carrying power quietly is sometimes a good thing, " Rice says--and expressed disquiet at seeing the U.S. military mobilized for far-flung humanitarian interventions.