The French Counter-Terrorism Response in the Sahel

Mali and Burkina Faso have been the epicenter of a very international response to jihadist terrorism. France was really kind of the driving force behind many of these counter-terrorism missions in the region, says CNN's James Holmes. The French were very much kind of the public face of thesecounter-terrorism efforts in the region,. These are Francophone West African countries; former French colonies.