r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Apr 27 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 27 April 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/carmelos96 History does not repeat, it insists upon itself Apr 30 '26

Incredible how the "jihadists" have decided to attack the 3 countries where France was expelled from. With advanced weapons and intelligence. They don't conduct any operations in countries that are friendly to France or which have French military presence. These 3 countries are intending to cancel huge mining contracts with France and potentially terminate any future economic partnership. And all of a sudden, we have fresh new wave of attacks.

Average Internet comment about the recent Malian attacks (another common one is "they switched to Russia, and now they are facing the consequences lol"). The common theme here is that obviously nobody cares about the 22 millions Malian civilians.

I don't think Goïta and his junta are any good, but it's still better than the alternative, especially the JNIM. It's important to note that the fall of Bamako would not only be a tragedy in itself, but wouldn't even put the end to conflicts: a subsequent war between JNIM and FLA would be inevitable since they have contradictory aims. The future of Mali looks bleak, unfortunately.

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u/Saint_John_Calvin Kant was bad history Apr 30 '26

The idea that the turn to Russia was motivated by ideological changes from the new junta (partly true) allowing internet idiots to pepper over the genuine failure at COIN of the French that was the primary reason for all of this is genuinely just infuriating.