US-Made Mess In Somalia

[zeeshan809]

The media often report overseas developments, but don’t always explore their underlying causes, which, in many cases, conveniently lets the U.S. government off the hook. The recent internecine violence in Somalia provides a classic example.

The U.S. media have focused to date almost exclusively on the rising Islamist movement in Somalia and U.S. “covert” assistance to the Ethiopian invasion that supported Somalia’s transitional government against the stronger Islamists. The media should be focusing on one of the major causes of the Somali mess: U.S. government meddling.

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Wars of the World: US-Made Mess In Somalia

 

[Vassnti]

Somalia was a basket case before the US got there.

The "US invasion" was actually a UN mandated humanitarian relief effort.

UN Security Council Resolution 794 was unanimously passed on December 3, 1992, which approved a coalition of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States to form UNITAF, tasked with ensuring humanitarian aid being distributed and peace being established in Somalia. The UN humanitarian troops landed in 1993 and started a two-year effort (primarily in the south) to alleviate famine conditions.

Things perhaps could have been managed better then and since but to blame the problems in somalia on Bush's paranoia is simply wrong.

It seems to be forgotten Pakistan was also part of the relief effort and lost 24 soldiers.

 

[Muradk]

Name me one country which is not in a mess after intervention of US.
Why do you think they went for Carpet bombing in Afghanistan they knew that in Gorilla Warfare they will loose soldiers just like Somaila, So beat the crap of them before they set foot in AF.