Media Coverage of Somali/Ethiopia Conflict

The one thing that makes me angry about the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia is how the western press have changed their reports trying to take credit by claiming Ethiopia was victorious because it is backed by the west (Read U.S).

That in my view is just alot of crap! Ethiopian forces are fighting with Ethiopian soldiers the only thing that is foreign in there army is their Russian made equipment .How in the world did they become us backed (A few months of light training by American instructors carried out for two weeks every three years cant be credited for victory) The failure of U.S back Iraqi troops in the middle east explains away this notion.

Yes the United States along with other countries supported the notion of Ethiopia kicking out the Islamist but they can’t and shouldn’t try and take credit for it. Claims of US intelligence help are baseless -CIA operatives had lots of chances to deal with the Islamic courts before but they all ended in failure) so what intelligence could the us supply the Ethiopians apart from drawing of Somali weapons of mass destruction like they did in Iraq)

The United States and the UK could not deal with Afghanistan and Iraq because of military and political incompetence. In Somalia the U.S could not stop the war lords just 6 months ago. Now they want to take credit for the hard work and courage our Ethiopian brothers have put in.

Africans don’t need western support to fight wars .we know how to fight wars better than anyone. Though that is sad military credit belongs to Ethiopian generals not lazy Americans sitting in media studios.

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