On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:49:17 -0700, Dan Clore
> Parts of some of the buildings are still standing - a
> wall here, a section of collapsed roof there.
>
> But the overall impression in this part of the Somali
> capital is one of massive destruction. I did not see a
> single house there without shell damage or bullet
> holes.
>
> However, the really frightening part of it was the
> lack of people.
What appears to be happening is that the Islamic
radicals are denied possession of Mogadishu, and they
proceed to ensure that if they cannot have it, no one
else can have it either.
This was the tactic they successfully employed to gain
power in Afghanistan. So long as they were denied
power, they engaged in random destruction, which
eventually persuaded people to let them take charge of
Afghanistan.
We just have to outwait them, which is easy to do so
long as most of their victims are their fellow Muslims.
As Iraq demonstrates, it is difficult to protect Muslims
from each other, so we should not try.
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