Somalia suffered from protracted internecine strife. Clan loyalty replaced patriotism and dedication and commitment to central government. All these were added to the toxic mix of geopolitics and Somalia spiraled out of control. The United Nations mandated a belated intervention, and, the so-called humanitarian intervention by the United States was botched as the factions accused the US of supporting and backing factional efforts, instead of being a neutral and objective peace-broker.
The above is a paragraph from the current article's reference to American role while there.... the efforts should have been a neutral and humanitarian one. BUT instead, the Americans were known to have preferred a particular person in the factionalized jostle for power and it backfired.... A peace keeper or peace broker should be dispassionate and objective, not hunt Aidid and search for a preferred puppet.
Honest broker or perfidious Albion? By Jane M. O. Sharp, Institute for Public Policy Research (London, England), Institute for Public Policy Research
Honest broker or perfidious Albion?: British policy in former ... - Google Books Result by Jane M. O. Sharp, Institute for Public Policy ... - 1997 - Former Yugoslav republics - 94 pages
You were run out of Somalia because you took casualties and couldn't stand the heat. ... p.159 173 Beelman MS (1997) "Dining with the Devil: America's tacit ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1860300154... -
http://books.google.com/books?id=S_3...esult&resnum=5
And, I am sure that you guys have not bothered to learn about toxic waste dumping in Somalia's territorial waters and the over-fishing on around Somalia by those who are profiting from the crises there. Westerners and others. Over-fishing and toxic waste dumping are against UN protocols/conventions/treaties.
Dig deeper people!