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1 | Why Did Mali's ‘Soldier of Death’ Go Viral? | Nahoana no miely be ny sarin'ilay “Miaramilan'ny Fahafatesana” |
2 | Since the start of Operation Serval in Mali, this photo has been seen and shared around the world. | Nifampizarana sy niparitaka eran'izao tontolo izao ity sary ity hatramin'ny niatombohan'ilay “Bemidina Serval” tao Mali. |
3 | The photo in question: a French soldier in Mali wearing a scarf with a skeleton motif. | Miaramila frantsay miaraka amin'ny fehin-tenda mikisary karan-doha - Odieux connard - valam-bahoaka |
4 | Public domain image from odieux connard. | |
5 | In fact, this image of a French soldier wearing a scarf with a picture of a skull has become a symbol to mark the start of French military operations in Mali. | Raha ny marina, dia lasa sariohatra nanamarika ny fiatombohan'ny bemidin'ny miaramila frantsay tao Mali ity sarina miaramila frantsay manao sarondoha miendrika karandoha ity. |
6 | But why has this soldier made such an impression on the imaginations of Net surfers? | Fa nahoana ary ity farany no tena nanitikitika ny sain'ireo mpisera aterineto e? |
7 | Reasons for the Controversy | Anton'ny fifandroritan-kevitra |
8 | Operation Serval is unfolding to a mixed reception of welcome greetings from the majority of the Malian population and accusations of neocolonialist intervention from others. | Tao anatin'ny fihetseham-po samihafa ahitana ny fandraisana mafana nataon'ny ankamaroan'ny mponina maliana sy ny fanakianana ho fitsabahan'ny mpanjanaka vaovao no nanombohan' ity “bemidina serval” ity. |
9 | Its goal is two-fold: protect the civilian population and take back cities being held by Jihadist groups. | Roa no zava-kendrena amin'izany: fiarovana ny mponina ao an-toerana sy famerenana ny tanàna izay teo am-pelatanan'ny djihadista. |
10 | This explains why the French army is facing a huge challenge in terms of a communications strategy. | Izany no antony manazava fa miatrika fanamby lehibe amin'ny lafiny fampitam-baovao ny tafika frantsay. |
11 | But should we really be scandalized by a scarf when an armed conflict that will claim many victims is taking place? | Nefa dia tokony hisy fanafintohinana tokoa ve amin'ilay fehin-tenda amin'ity ady an-tafika hiteraka ra mandriaka ity? |
12 | This is what the author of the blog “Odieux Connard” points out in his post, “the scarf of war”: | Izay no nomarihin'ilay mpanoratra bilaogy Odieux Connard ao amin'ny lahatsorany, “ilay fehin-tendan'ady”. |
13 | Thus, indignation has made the rounds, and one after another, brave militants of the Web have felt obligated to cry scandal and ask the military brass to do something to punish the man whose choice of scarf design made him look like Ghost, a character wearing a similar-looking balaclava in the “ultraviolent” video game, Call of Duty…. | Nahazo toerana tsikelikely, ny fahatezerana, ary nahatsiaro ho manan'andraikitra hiteny ireo mpikatroka an-tserasera noho ity fanafintohinana ity sy hangataka amin'ny Etamazaoro mba hanasazy izay olona nanao ity fehin-tenda ka nampitovy azy amin'i “Ghost”, olona iray lalaovina ao amin'ny kilalao lahatsary “faran'izay mahery setra” Call of Duty ireny… Soa ihany moa fa maro ireo nanazava mba tsy hihitaran'ny adi-hevitra amin'ny filazana fa manao izay “hiarovana amin'ny fasika” fotsiny ilay miaramila, izay toa maharesy lahatra ihany. |
14 | Fortunately, there were many who tried to calm the waters by asserting that the soldier was just “protecting himself from the sand,” which is a valid point. | Nefa na manao izany mba hiarovana amin'ny fasika, na masoandro, eny fa na ny setroky ny pipa aza, tsy hanova zavatra firy izany. Ny tena olana, dia hita tsara fa ny tsy fahafantaran'ny olona sasany ny tena dikan'ny ady |
15 | But whether he was wearing it to protect against the sand, the sun, or to smoke a pipe doesn't really matter. | Tafalatsaka lalina loatra anatin'ny fandraisana an-tsary an-tsaina ny Ady Obsession with War Imagery Sarin'ady mihitatra |
16 | The real problem is that clearly, some people were not told exactly what a war is all about | This aggravated focus on the image that the military intervention might project is also annoying to Electrosphère. |
17 | Obsession with War Imagery This aggravated focus on the image that the military intervention might project is also annoying to Electrosphère. | He writes:Mety manelingelina ny électrosphère (tontolon'ny herinaratra) koa ity tendro amin'ny sary izay azon'ireo miaramila halefa. |
18 | He writes: | Hoy izy nanoratra: |
19 | The image has quickly become a gold mine for the politically correct of all stripes who, strangely, have no objections to the weapon being carried by this soldier or his daily actions. | Toy ny vorona azon'adala [mofo voatahy hoy ny teny frantsay] ho an'ireo rehetra te-hiseho ho tsara saina rehetra ity sary ity izay, mahagaga ihany, fa tsy mahita holazainao momba ny fiadiana entin'ilay miaramila na ny asa fanaony andavanandro. |
20 | So this is a good time to recall certain realities about the job of legionnaire and the act of war to the sanctimonious 2.0 (and other PC people using Windows/Android/iOS) who ‘want to know more, but not too much,' regardless of whether you approve, disapprove, or question the French intervention in Mali against the Jihadi militias. | Noho izany, fotoana mety izao hampatsiahy ireo zava-nisy sasany amin'ny asan'ny miaramila mpanafika sy hilaza izany hoe ady izany amin'ireo be fananarana 2.0 (sy ny olona sasany te-hiseho ho tsara saina mampiasa Windows/Android/iOS) ka te “hahafantatra bebe kokoa, fa tsy be loatra, ka na ekena na tsia na hanontaniana indray ny fitsabahan'ny [miaramila] frantsay ao Mali hiady amin'ireo milisy djihadista. |
21 | You really have to wonder about the reasons for a controversy based on a scarf that, at most, might draw indifference, laughter, sarcasm, or admiration in the halls of any high school in Paris or artist's opening in Lyon. | Tokony mba hanontany tena tokoa ny amin'ny fototr'izy fifandiran-kevitra amina fehin-tenda (folara) izay tsy hiteraka mihoatra ny tsy firaharahiana, tokelaka, tarehy ratsy na hahavariana any amin'ny lisea iray any Paris, na mandritra ny fanokanana fampirantiana iray any Lyon. |
22 | I am even more surprised that the military structure in its cozy, climate-controlled offices in Paris wants to apply sanctions to this soldier.” | Tena gaga aho raha te-hanasazy ilay miaramila ny ambaratongan-drafitra ara-tafika.” |
23 | Aurélien Legrand would like people not to be so quick on the draw in reacting to the slightest hint of poor taste appearing on the web: | Mangataka i Aurélien Legrand mba tsy ho mora mora taitaitra loatra amin'izay mety ho sariohatra ratsy hita amin'ny aterineto ny olona: |
24 | What annoys me the most is the knee-jerk reaction, the torrents of correct thinking gushing immediately over the Net when their words would have benefited from a bit of mulling over first. | Ny tena mahasorena ahy, dia ny valy bontana fanao, Atsipy maina fotsiny izao amin'ny aterineto ny eritreritra tsara tokony mila fikarakarana kely mba hahazo fahamatorana kely. |
25 | Our cultural milieu doesn't help. | […] Tsy manampy antsika ny tontolo ara-kolontsaintsika. |
26 | During the hostage-taking in In Amenas, videos taken by cell phones were released to the media in record time. | Nandritra ny fakana an-keriny tao In Amenas, dia nivoaka tamin'ny fantsom-pampahalalam-baovao, tao anatin'ny fotoana fohy dia fohy, ny horonantsary nalaina tamin'ny finday. |
27 | Barren images, beaten bodies… We want information, we want it to be striking-just not too striking.” | Sarin'ny tany hay, vata-mangatsiaka maro … Ilaina ny filazam-baovao, tiantsika hanakoako izany, kanefa aoka mba tsy ho tafahoatra kosa. |
28 | Unfortunately, the conflict in Mali looks like it is going to last a while. | Indrisy fa mbola mety haharitra ny ady ao Mali. |
29 | So it will be interesting to see if the debate over events will surpass the debates over the combatants' outfits and finally come around to the stakes and consequences for the local population. Anna Gueye contributed to this post with the sources cited. | Mahaliana araka izany ny fanaraha-maso raha hahahoatra ny adi-hevitra momba ny fitafin'ireo mpiady ny adihevitra momba momba ny zava-mitranga ka hitodihana amin'izay amin'ny tombotsoa tafiditra sy ny ny akony eo amin'ny mponina ao an-toerana |