GRRRREAT NEWS! Thanks for posting.
I hope Clinton's not advising the Ethiopians to give it back in a few months.
Not only do they have the Islamists on the run, but they did this without any "assistance" from the UN. Good for them, and good for the Ethiopians.
What? No stories about all the "wedding parties" being interrupted and shot up or bombed? No "baby milk factory" destruction? Where's the ACLU on this? (Yes, it's sarcasm. We need to learn how to fight a war Ethiopian style.)
So far, Ethiopia has proven to be a better ally in the war on terror than the French, the Chinese, the Russians, or pretty much any of the non-Anglo 'great powers'. Hopefully, we're smart enough to recognize and assist their efforts.
Now...how to handle the subsequent terrorism?
I'm beginning to wonder whether our MSM (television) is not reporting this because it casts the Islamists in a negative light. I know that's a harsh assessment, but why am I only seeing the story on BBC?
Maybe the Ethiopians can look east and clean up Sudan next! :)
so what this tells me is negotiations, talks, trying to "understand" the islamists didn't work, but when they're threatened with true violence aimed in thier directon they cower, run and hide??
doesn't this go directly against how the rest of the world says we should deal with islamic fanatics? (AND prove violence is the only thing they understand??)
No, what prompted Ethiopia to wage war was the declaration of war against them by the Islamderthals.
The Ethiopians believed their enemy meant it, so responded in the only manner Islamderthals understand.
I'm going to an Ethiopian restaurant this weekend
Changing their clothes does not necessarily mean they have changed their minds, it just means you won't be able to pick them out of a crowd.
The battle is only half over.
Looting! I hope they protected the museums or there'll be hell to pay.
Is this being covered on the cable news networks?
I'm seeing stories about panda babies and the best Christmas gifts.
Are muslims allowed to own flowers?
Civillians often play it safe when it comes to welcoming invading armies, especially if each side has some hope of their support. In WWII, some Italian villages changed hands between Allied and German forces several times. Each time the villagers "welcomed" their "liberators" with wine.
I don't doubt that most Italians would far rather see the Americans or British marching in, than the Germans, but villagers often decided to do what they could to keep the heavily armed troops arriving in town as well disposed as possible towards the locals.
I don't know if the Italians preferred the French Foreign Legion or French North African colonial troops to the Germans. The Free French government paid their North African troops a bounty for Germans killed, the number of dead being proven by turning in left ears. They discontinued the practice due to complaints that not all of the ears came from dead -- or even wounded -- Germans. Allied dead and wounded, or civilains, lost their ears too. If was one of the few times in WWII when Black troops in the US Army were at an advantage, as the French would never believe that their ears came from a German.
I seem to have wandered off point here. If the Government loses Mogadishu again, expect to see stories that the populace welcomed the rebels into town with flowers.
GWB... good job... now let our forces do the same.
Why was this thread removed from "Breaking News?"