Comments on: Having Failed to Stabilize Somalia, Ethiopia Quits (TIME)

By: Debre Tabor

Debre Tabor — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:30:12 +0000

I completely agree with the above post by “Observer” but would like to add that I truly hope that Somalia becomes a stable and democratic country ruled by saliently cogent laws and wise leaders for the betterment of all Somalis. As for those people of “Hagos” (as above) likeness: I think that if their red-eyed blind hatred comes into focus they will see that it is without amelioration to either raise a fist or wave goodbye at Ethiopia if you care about the future East Africa and Somalia in particular.

I bless both Ethiopia and Somalia without diminution of either.

By: Observer

Observer — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:44:26 +0000

After 18 years of anarchy, it should have been clear to anyone that a stable Somali government (even an imperfect one)would have been better than chaos. And it would have been better to try to gradually bring about a “more perfect union” that fairly addresses the desires and needs of all Somalis. Ethiopia’s intervention (no matter how it came about (invited/uninvited)seemed to have created a stable state — albeit for a very short time. However, Somalia thus far has not been fortunate enough to find citizens that are concerned about the longer-term and mutual betterment of all its citizen. Instead, we seem to hear loudly from radical militants (of all sorts) and their self-aggrandizing “allies” (or should we call them misfits?) that are only happy in chaos. Anyone can claim that the Somalis defeated the Americans in the early nineties — just because the Americans left Somalia. But if we truly see what happened since then, was that really a win? Why are we always blinded by unbridled ambitions, extreme hate, and “disillusioned realities”?

By: Hagos

Hagos — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:18:19 +0000

The Ethiopians left Somalia not because they are unable to stabilize but because they are defeated and humiliated by the Somali people. Second the Ethiopians left Somalia because the coming US administration will stop supporting them and Ethiopia will be primarily responsible for the crime committed by its military forces in Somalia. Therefore the Ethiopian and US G.Bush administration failed to stabilize Somalia. Both the US and Ethiopian forces are defeated by strong Somalian opposition.