Well, if it is of such extreme strategic importance, than why the heck don't we just flatten Mog? Not that I'm disagreeing with you, it's just that we need to let Al Qaeda know that we can beat them wherever we wish and/or where they think we can't. I'm starting to believe very strongly that people need to know that they have been defeated.
Good luck selling that to the American people. We're having a hard enough time dealing with Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran. President Bush's approval ratings will be in the low teens if we start bombing Mogadishu.