French forces take a tremendous blow in Mali...13 killed in helo crash...

Six officiers, seven Warrant Officers and NCOs killed in helicopters collision in Mali.
Most of them are from 5e Combat Helicopter Reg. and Mountain Brigade Units.
The Transport Helo crashed was an AS352 Cougar not a Caiman as 1st stated https://t.co/7A2esJ11fF pic.twitter.com/oW9N9Dty1S

— Harry Boone (@towersight) November 26, 2019

Britain helped in rescue mission to retrieve bodies of 13 French personnel killed in tragic helicopter crash in Mali yday.

RAF Chinook has transported French combat troops back & forth to forward operating base near crash site. All bodies of the dead now retrieved, I understand

— Lucy Fisher (@LOS_Fisher) November 26, 2019

Africa is Afghanistan on steroids in the modern era.  The distances are too great, the rules of engagement too strenuous and the forces deployed too few to make a difference.

May the memory of those that perished be a blessing.

Make no mistake about it.  This will not be the last time parents/wives/children cry over loved ones, this effort will not change things on the ground and the Europeans will eventually abandon this looming quagmire and go home.