WHICH IS WHY IT WAS SUCH AN OBVIOUS BIFF...:

Somalia and the Two Faces of Islamism (Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, 8/21/09, Hudson Institute)

Somalia is now an open battleground between two main strains of Islamism: that of the more "moderate" and pragmatic Muslim Brotherhood, and that of the more rigid and violent al-Qaeda.

The situation in Somalia is a prism through which can be seen the differences that exist worldwide between Muslim Brotherhood inspired Islamists and al-Qaeda Islamists. The former, represented by Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, show a flexibility and ability to adapt their ideology to certain times and places. The latter, al-Shabaab, are al-Qaeda jihadists who are completely inflexible and uncompromising in their aims to take control of Somalia and the surrounding region, and will not be placated by a long term programme of Islamisation and sharia.

...when W let Ethiopia drive out the prior Courts government, even though it was inevitably temporary.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 22, 2009 7:37 AM