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Saturday, January 16, 2016

French Military as First Responders in Burkina Faso

What would you say is the condition that made it possible for French soldiers to be first responders in the West African country of Burkina Faso? Imagine Burkinabe soldiers as first responders in Paris. Can you imagine that scenario? Images below are from the BBC.
French gendarmes tend to wounded people in the surrounding of the hotel Splendide and the café Cappuccino during the attack on January 15, 2016.Image copyright AFP/Getty Images
Image caption French police officers helped tend to the wounded 
French forces take up positions outside the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 16 January 2016.
French forces operating in Burkina Faso.

What would Thomas Sankara say?




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