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2010-12-05 Africa Horn

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Posted by Fred 2010-12-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
File under: al-Shabaab

#1 Admittedly, the AU troops are a bit "rough" and they lack assets and training. Then again, it's a home-grown operation and they aren't restricted with the ROEs of public-relations-sensitive 'civilized' Western armies.

And remember that if this were a UN operation, the area of control would still be the two-block area where the rump Somali government is.

Posted by Pappy 2010-12-05 01:29|| 2010-12-05 01:29|| Front Page Top

#2 "Somalia has not had a functioning government since...". Ever? Can you call a dictatorship a 'functioning government' with a straight face (and not be a minion of the UN)?

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2010-12-05 06:01|| 2010-12-05 06:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, Mussolini did make the trains run on time...

Posted by Pappy 2010-12-05 13:40|| 2010-12-05 13:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Whiskey Mike - It functioned far better than anything that's been in place since then. In fact, Somalia had a halfway-decent government in place up until the late 1980's, when various warlords began causing problems for the central government. Puntland and Somaliland both have functioning governments - it's just the lower half of Somalia that's in turmoil.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-12-05 14:30|| 2010-12-05 14:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, then there's this, just scroll down to the subject line Chicago's 2010 homicide toll surpasses 400. I wouldn't sweat the Mog.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-12-05 20:10|| 2010-12-05 20:10|| Front Page Top

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