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2010-09-27 Africa Horn

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Posted by anon1 2010-09-27 08:13|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 What a waste of a country.

Makes Yemen and Pakistan look half decent.

Posted by Paul2 2010-09-27 09:50|| 2010-09-27 09:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, it worked. Instead of a recipient of American aid, your country has been the world's worst shithole for decades now.

Posted by gromky 2010-09-27 10:37|| 2010-09-27 10:37|| Front Page Top

#3 ...as opposed to the 'colonies' of Germany, Japan, South Korea, etc. The Philippines may be iffy, but it would still beat being a 'independent' Somalia, except in the south with the usual [gee, just like Somalia] muzzies.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-09-27 10:46|| 2010-09-27 10:46|| Front Page Top

#4 The only Somali colonisation is being done by the losers who turn up in the West claiming asylum and often end up making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Posted by Bulldog 2010-09-27 12:57|| 2010-09-27 12:57|| Front Page Top

#5 So we can send all the "refugees" back now?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2010-09-27 15:08|| 2010-09-27 15:08|| Front Page Top

#6 This obsession with colonialism shows that this guy does not understand his enemy. The US is not a colonial power and, even if it were, his country would be better off within a colonial system vs. warlordism.

His brilliant analysis is that our soldiers might make too much noise calling for help. Sounds like an understandable facet of coming from a society that values the lives of fellow citizens and comrades in arms. He also seems to think that a battle in which his side suffered casualties at nearly a 100:1 ratio to our own was a victory. And, it would have been a higher ratio had we not been relying on UN forces for support.

Suffice to say that, in addition to our technical and societal advantages, we understand our enemies far better than this individual does.

Posted by JAB 2010-09-27 20:24|| 2010-09-27 20:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Geez, Mo. Too bad you didn't get to see this show...

Oakley was careful to say, ``This is not a threat,'' but then he laid out a chilling scenario. He offered it as friendly advice.

``I have no plan for this, and I'll do everything I can to prevent it, but what will happen if a few weeks go by and Mr. Durant is not released? Not only will you lose any credit you may get now, but we will decide that we have to rescue him. I guarantee you we are not going to pay or trade for him in any way, shape or form. . . .

``So what we'll decide is we have to rescue him, and whether we have the right place or the wrong place, there's going to be a fight with your people. The minute the guns start again, all restraint on the U.S. side goes. Just look at the stuff coming in here now. An aircraft carrier, tanks, gunships . . . the works. Once the fighting starts, all this pent-up anger is going to be released. This whole part of the city will be destroyed, men, women, children, camels, cats, dogs, goats, donkeys, everything. . . . That would really be tragic for all of us, but that's what will happen.''

The Somalis delivered his message and ``friendly advice'' to Aidid, in hiding, who offered to hand the pilot right over. Oakley asked them to delay for a few hours to give him time to leave the country. He told them to turn Durant over to Howe, and he flew back to Washington.

Come to think about it, too bad we didn't either.

Posted by tu3031 2010-09-27 20:35|| 2010-09-27 20:35|| Front Page Top

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