Somalia falls under the hands of whacky radical Muslims

[KurtCobain2902]

I heard there was an African country taken over by a militia group and was wonderign if it was true. I heard they rape the women non stop and make the children sleep almost on top of eachtoher because it's so crowded...

[Already_Taken]

Yeah that myspace bulliten, right? you just didn't wanna say you had a myspace.

[Doop]

that sounds like a lot of african countrys.

[Already_Taken]

Originally Posted by Some myspace bulliten

As you read this, over 3 million people in Darfur, Sudan are crammed together in concentration camps, dieing of disease and hunger, while government sponsored troops slaughter civilians, use rape to destroy group unity, and shoot children for sport. 400,000 men, women, and children are already dead. Entire races have been exterminated by the Sudanese government's campaign of ethnic cleansing.

"Omar al Bashir told us that we should kill all the Nubas. There is no place here for the Negroes any more"

sounds questionable to me, but it wouldn't surprise me anyways.

[KurtCobain2902]

Originally Posted by Already_Taken

Yeah that myspace bulliten, right? you just didn't wanna say you had a myspace.

I do have a myspace, but I seriosuly didn't see a bulletin about it.

[MAthiAS]

Sounds like Uganda.

[Amit]

Originally Posted by Already_Taken

sounds questionable to me, but it wouldn't surprise me anyways.

actually it's one of the biggest and most publicized humanitarian crises in a long time

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict

[Reaganista]

take your pick, really

[BassRevelation1029]

Originally Posted by Doop

that sounds like a lot of african countrys.

cause you've been there, right?

[PepsiMetal]

Many african countries are full of individual militias who fight each other day and night and they have younger children fight for them as well. It's been going on for a while.

[Hababi]

Originally Posted by MAthiAS

Sounds like Uganda.

No, it's Somalia, which has been caught in conflict between the warlords and Islamic radicals for months, and has lacked a central government for 15 years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060606/ap_on_re_af/somalia;_ylt=Alo9B_.MuPI7yVwyy3fklj.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

This neccesitates US action. The alternative is a radical Islamic state similar to Afghanistan forming and becomming a haven for Osama Bin Lain and co.

[Dave de Sylvia]

The US in Somalia? Oh dear.

Zero, edit your linky plz.

[Hababi]

The US in Somalia? Oh dear.

Better than the alternative. Anyway it'd be really easy to just eliminate the radical Muslims, or just weaken them enough that the warlords could eliminate them. Nation building wouldn't be necessary.

[Doop]

Originally Posted by Broadway Danny Rose

No, it's Somalia, which has been caught in conflict between the warlords and Islamic radicals for months, and has lacked a central government for 15 years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060606/ap_on_re_af/somalia;_ylt=Alo9B_.MuPI7yVwyy3fklj.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

This neccesitates US action. The alternative is a radical Islamic state similar to Afghanistan forming and becomming a haven for Osama Bin Lain and co.

Ever seen Blackhawk Down?

[Dave de Sylvia]

Originally Posted by Broadway Danny Rose

Better than the alternative. Anyway it'd be really easy to just eliminate the radical Muslims, or just weaken them enough that the warlords could eliminate them. Nation building wouldn't be necessary.

So the 15-year civil war could be resolved that easily?

[Reaganista]

if clinton only had a pair

[Hababi]

Ever seen Blackhawk Down?

We were wrong to leave. We went in not willing to stick to it, and you can never win a battle without the determination to stay the course.

So the 15-year civil war could be resolved that easily?

You don't need resolution. You just need the radical Muslims out of power.

[Doop]

I thought one of the biggest problem regarding Somalia is that there is no one in power, only a bunch of warlords who are just fighting against each other?

[Dave de Sylvia]

Originally Posted by Broadway Danny Rose

You don't need resolution. You just need the radical Muslims out of power.

They're in power because they can guarantee peace, or at least are perceived to.

[Against Miik!]

Originally Posted by Broadway Danny Rose

Better than the alternative. Anyway it'd be really easy to just eliminate the radical Muslims, or just weaken them enough that the warlords could eliminate them. Nation building wouldn't be necessary.

If you were president, you would honestly put troops into Somalia today?