Ethiopia Bombs Mogadishu:

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
is there anyone else calling themself Emperor?

No, but Oerdin knows a homeless guy who calls himself King. Therefore, Ethiopia should ignore the wishes of the Eritrean people, and annex Eritrea

[SlowwHand]

Makes sense to me.

[Solly]

One thing I've noticed is that Americans seem to have a bit more knowledge/interest in these sorts of skirmishes than Europeans. Wonder why.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Doddler
One thing I've noticed is that Americans seem to have a bit more knowledge/interest in these sorts of skirmishes than Europeans. Wonder why.

Judging by the respective coverage of nearly all such skirmishes in various European news outlets vs the coverage in American news outlets it would appear that relative interests are the reverse of what you claim.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by LordShiva


No, but Oerdin knows a homeless guy who calls himself King. Therefore, Ethiopia should ignore the wishes of the Eritrean people, and annex Eritrea

Way to mix posts. I said calling yourself an Emperor and being an Emperor are to different things. Then I pointed out that bith countries would do better united instead of divided and that the Eritrean succession had more to do with the former marxist dictator then real differences between the people. The reality is 1/3 of the Eritrean people are Ethiopian and the Remander are 1/3 Orthodoxed Christian and 1/3 muslim. Now the people won't rejoin Ethiopia but it is better for both that the nation remain united just as it was better the south lost the Aerican civil war.

[Dinner]

They speak the same language, mostly have the same religion, and were historically one country. Everyone is better off. Especially since the first real divisions occured due to European colonialism.

[Datajack Franit]

Originally posted by Heresson


Molly's gone?






With a bit of luck, he's in Mogadishu right now

Of course he is, someone has to fight against the infidels!

[_BuRjaCi_]

This thread is the best evidence that Huntington is right.
You can interpret that any way you like.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Oerdin
the Eritrean succession had more to do with the former marxist dictator then real differences between the people.

But not really; Eritrea only seceded AFTER they helped Ethiopia throw out the Marxists. As a reward, Ethiopia gave Eritrea the freedom for which they'd been fighting for 30 years.

[VetLegion]

Therefore, Ethiopia should ignore the wishes of the Eritrean people, and annex Eritrea

NEVER!!

[SlowwHand]

U.S. signals support for Ethiopia in Somalia

By Caren Bohan
1 hour, 11 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday signaled support for Ethiopia's military offensive in Somalia, saying Addis Ababa had reasons for concern about the country's internal warfare.

The White House urged restraint by Ethiopia but also said the intervention should not be used as an excuse by Somalia's warring factions to avoid peace negotiations.

"Ethiopia has genuine security concerns with regard to developments within Somalia," said Gordon Johndroe, spokesman for the White House National Security Council.

Johndroe added that Ethiopian forces were there "at the request" of Somalia's interim government, which wants to break the stronghold of the Islamic Courts Council on southern Somalia and Mogadishu.

"We have urged, and continue to urge, the Ethiopian government to exercise maximum restraint in intervening or responding to developments in Somalia and to assure the protection of civilians," Johndroe said. "However, no Somali party should use external actors as an excuse to avoid further dialogue."

Highlighting U.S. concern about the conflict,
President George W. Bush spoke on Tuesday to Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni about Somalia.

The United States has accused the Islamic movement of harboring al Qaeda operatives and has warned that Ethiopia as well as Kenya could be targets of extremist elements from Somalia.

The Islamists claim broad popular support and say their main aim is to restore order to Somalia after years of warlord rule and anarchy.

An editorial in the Washington Post on Wednesday warned that parts of Somalia controlled by the Islamists were beginning to look like
Afghanistan under the Taliban before the September 11 attacks.

The Post said the Bush administration probably would have to prepare for much more active U.S. engagement "in what is emerging as a hot new front in the war on terrorism."

Washington has struggled to find a coherent approach to Somalia and remains haunted by the 1993 "Black Hawk Down" incident in which 18 U.S. soldiers and hundreds of Somalis were killed in a mission to pacify the country.

More recently, a covert counter-terrorism initiative in which the United States gave support to secular warlords fighting Islamists in Mogadishu backfired earlier this year. Support for the Islamists increased after the U.S. backing of the warlords became public.

[Heresson]

Originally posted by VetLegion

Therefore, Ethiopia should ignore the wishes of the Eritrean people, and annex Eritrea

NEVER!!

Eritrea Aethiopiae annectanda est

[SlowwHand]

Is that latin?

Uva uvam vivendo veria fit

[VetLegion]

U.S. signals support for Ethiopia in Somalia

Kind of predictable from Uncle Sam

[SlowwHand]

No kidding. Somalia doesn't exactly exude poster child qualities.