Originally posted by: cwjerome
Originally posted by: Dari
Originally posted by: cwjerome
I haven't changed my opinion because I haven't given my opinion. I have given historical facts and stated the public rationale for US "attention" to the Somali AO.
The only opinion I have given was my opinion of you... an emotional, practically unintelligible child. And that hasn't changed.
Your "facts" sound like something I've see on a History or Discovery Channel documentary--drama. You've even admitted that you know next to nothing about what you're talking about. Hell, you're probably just regurgitating what you've heard.
As for your opinion, I couldn't give two squirts of piss what you think of me because I see you as nothing more than a waste of my time.
It's all good, I readily admit when I don't know "a lot." Tragically, my not knowing a lot still owns you in a discussion
Now that we've established that you're a hyperventilating retard, I'll go ahead and give my opinion on the matter.
Since the Somali "threat" is part and parcel of deficiencies in a functioning government, the US should simply closely monitor and manipulate the battlespace within reason. When the time is right (I have no idea when that might be, but probably not for a long while) we should be willing to embark on a long-term strategy of constructive engagement within a larger coalition.
The key is to develop social programs and to build up infrastructure so that Somalis have an alternative to the services now provided by some Islamic fundamentalist organizations. The water system must be rebuilt, health care facilities need to be bolstered, and cargo ports and airports need improvement. The US should choose a broad-based counter-terrorism strategy in Somalia along with reconstruction of civil institutions rather than a short-term military option. The underlying reasons for chaos that enables hiding places and extremism will have to be dealt with for any plan succeed.
The key points for me is it should be within the larger framework of a coalition and it should not be anytime soon. Whenever you have an area that's not really a nation but is a tribal region with arbitrary "borders" drawn by departing European colonial authorities, you've got your work cut out for you.