The threat from Somalia

Washington Post | Nov. 2, 2009 (Opinion)

() The presumed answer is: "Of course not -- and therefore why bother with Afghanistan?" The more sensible response is: If something is not done soon about these lawless places, one or the other may well become the next Afghanistan -- a place where U.S. Full Story »

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by James Canning - Nov. 2, 2009

This opinion should have noted that the US encouraged Ethiopia to invade Somalia and overthrow the government that had been succeeding in its effort to re=establish stability in the country. Its claim that the US was "compelled" to invade Afghanistan is a wobbly one, though for sure the Taliban was an appalling government in Kabul.

The Washington Post readily calls for huge US interventions in the Middle East and thereabouts, when it is clear the US causes as many, if not more, problems by intervening, that it solves.