It's the ungovernability... Obama should act as Clinton did in 1993 to try and bring order to Somalia under the auspices of the UN. Robert Fox in the Guardian says: Current orthodoxy sees piracy as a product or symptom of failed or rogue states. The inference from Obama's statements is that the world must fix the Somali pirate problem at source, by fixing the anarchy of Somalia itself. Well yes. " Black Hawk Down " and all that. The US intervention in Somalia in 1993 was initially quite a selfless action. There was no benefit to the US in intervening in Somalia. It was a humanitarian intervention aimed at creating a secure environment for the delivery of aid. UN resolution 794. Of course in the end they fucked because they were incapable of reading the situation in Somalia correctly and supporting the man on the spot. The UN negotiator UN special representative Mohamed Sahnoun . The US didn't succeed but their attempt was initially brave and principled and...
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