We could always fund Kenya and train them. Should have done that before they invaded, though.
That's pretty much what has been going on (and off and on, you know the drill) for at least a decade, unless I've misunderstood something. Except that it's generally Ethiopia that goes in (and gets the limited help) to try to save people or at least make life harder for the (genuinely extremist) Islamists in Somalia.
There's no military victory that could be gained that would really help the people in the parts of the country controlled by the Islamic Courts Union. They're teaching children to play "mock execution" (that is, wooden toy guns aimed at a guy who's tied up and going "bang" before the guy is actually executed with a real gun in front of the kids.) If there's a way to invade the country that would result in an improvement of the lives of the people without costing more lives than would be saved, I really, honestly can't imagine it. (That's not to say that there isn't a solution like that, though; it just means that I don't know of one and can't invent one.)
If there's a way to help the people by improving their quality of life and sneaking in some (...) well, for want of a better word, I'll call it propaganda, about freedom, human rights, science and other such ideas that subvert religious totalitarianism, I'd recommend taking that route.
That's pretty much what has been going on (and off and on, you know the drill) for at least a decade, unless I've misunderstood something. Except that it's generally Ethiopia that goes in (and gets the limited help) to try to save people or at least make life harder for the (genuinely extremist) Islamists in Somalia.
There's no military victory that could be gained that would really help the people in the parts of the country controlled by the Islamic Courts Union. They're teaching children to play "mock execution" (that is, wooden toy guns aimed at a guy who's tied up and going "bang" before the guy is actually executed with a real gun in front of the kids.) If there's a way to invade the country that would result in an improvement of the lives of the people without costing more lives than would be saved, I really, honestly can't imagine it. (That's not to say that there isn't a solution like that, though; it just means that I don't know of one and can't invent one.)
If there's a way to help the people by improving their quality of life and sneaking in some (...) well, for want of a better word, I'll call it propaganda, about freedom, human rights, science and other such ideas that subvert religious totalitarianism, I'd recommend taking that route.
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.