| Gotta blame somebody, and who else but The Man™? |
| We know, we know. Death to America and all that. Call us when the Islamic Courts lines up on *your* border, k? Ev'rybody else does... |
The war in Somalia had been "unleashed by those forces that stood against the emergence of a united Somalia," and "emanates from weakness, fear, panic and not might," President Afewerki said, referring to the official Eritrean view that the Ethiopian government is close to collapsing. He further claimed that the Ethiopian "invasion of Somalia is not spontaneous but a long time and well organised plan initiated by the Washington administration."
Also Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdu, in an interview with 'Reuters' today, said that "this war is between the Americans and the Somali people." He repeated the Eritrean rhetoric - aimed at mobilising war-tired and tyrannised citizens - of an Ethiopian government afraid of being overthrown, claiming only US support was upholding the Addis Ababa regime.
