By: ralph geeplay
The March 22, seizure of
power in Bamako, the Malian capital, was just one more rude
awakening that the men in military uniforms in the world’s least develop continent are
still thirsty for political power. And Mali, the Western African landlocked country is its
latest poster child. It is hard to understand why the coup took place in the
first place?! If the main complaint of the army and reason for aborting a democratic
government is that it neglected the army and its needs, to waged an all out war
against insurgents from the north, then the army has done virtually nothing
since coming to power a fortnight ago to take control and beat back the revolt. The army since seizing control has
done a dismal job. The fact that must be laid bare is that the Malian army
lacked the guts and fighting spirit to take on the rebels, weapons aside. Since
they came to power almost half of the country has fallen to the Islamic radicals
in the north, all of this, in less then three weeks.
