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In 1993, I think the US made an effort in Somalia with 'Operation Restore Hope' and had to pull out after the 'Black Hawk Down' debacle in which it took casualties and had dead army rangers mutilated and dragged through the streets. Clinton had to withdraw his troops then and ''some countries'' was gloating on how they were given a bloody nose and now, this same US is expected to go and finish a job it started almost 17 years ago. If they had stayed, maybe the country would have been better off but i guess now we'll never know.

After all, the presence of US troops there was strictly 'humanitarian' and no one could have accused them of being there for the oil. Very soon the somali gunmen and the populace will term US as the great satan again and will be criticised for interfering in other countries domestic affairs. Why does the world have to sit back and wait for the Yanks to fix all the problems in the world? Iran, North Korea?

My point, where were the other world leaders since the US is always termed as 'policeman of the world', how about countries like France, Russia, Germany, China and most especially the Italians, make a stand and take charge here to help the country out of its present predicament.