“Stop giving Somalia (and the other countries there) money & “free stuff” and the problems will solve themselves.”
No. The government will just get it from other major powers seeking influence, and it will still find its way to the warlords and terrorists among the population. WE are not the problem, no matter what we do or don’t do. So the bad guys in Somalia will still export their piracy, thuggery and terrorism.
We are not the problem as our aid there is easily replaced.
There is no cure.
Most (don’t know the number) country in Africa has fallen to the loss of private property and living by handouts. You are right about the thugs & warlords. They’ve grown powerful by abusing our largesse then using that power to s**t on everyone else.
The end of “colonialism” in Africa was/is a disaster and it is compounded by dumping free stuff by the shipload.