international community trustworthy?

[AhlulbaytSoldier]

[Twisted_Logic]

Appropriate cartoon.

As the world watches, Somalia is becoming the Afghanistan of the 90s and only a tragic event in the West will send the magnitude of the Somali terror issue to these inept and spineless Western Leaders.

[abdisamad3]

Appropriate cartoon.

As the world watches, Somalia is becoming the Afghanistan of the 90s and only a tragic event in the West will send the magnitude of the Somali terror issue to these inept and spineless Western Leaders.

cry me a river......

[AbdiWahab252]

If it was trust worthy they would have prevented Somalia' collapse.

Its a greater game of luggoyo.

[king of kismayo]

J. Anthony Holmes
deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Activity, U.S. Africa Command.

Ambassador Holmes has a BA in Comparative Religion and an MA in Economic Geography from the University of Georgia

no wondered the united states is nurturing ehlu sunnah, they have already figured out the difference between al shabab, sheik sharif and ehlu sunnah.
poor sharif is doomed after the coming offensive

human rights watch says goverment weapons are falling in the hand of al shabab.

they end up in the hands of groups opposed to the government.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8471599.stm

why won`t the international community give sheik sharif directly funds like they gave cabdiqasim and cabdulahi yusuf?

Somalia donors pledge $213 mln to boost security

somalis are running around the bush, the inteligence services of the west consider sheik sharif the somali version of the muslim brotherhood A potencial adversary in the long run for the western world, he along side al shabab can destabilize egypt which is going through a transitional period, the west can not afford to prop up sheik sharif unaccounted specialy knowing his islamist background and nort african connection.
the west balance sheik sharif with ehlu sunnah and now prof ghandi in kenya, basicly sheik sharif is seen as a useful tool NOW but not tomoro and they also want to limit the potencial blow back that any support given to him can cause in the near future.

pentagon and the intelligence services of the west are the main obstacle to sharif getting full support

[Murax]

On one hand Somalia Has been a geopolitical playground for foreign destabilizing elements that have not helped a already anarchic Somali people. On the other hand though no Somali "Government" Has proven themselves worthy of any serious help or attention. Even now, You hear about "Government" soldiers in shootouts every other day in Xamar. When AY was there, "TFG" militias would rob folks When the Ethos are there. Basically support for "TFG" shouldn't be a criterion whether the Intl community cares for Somalia or not, as there Has not been an Government entity in Somalia that Has acquitted themselves as a actual Government, but the original premise is true that the Intl doesn't have any interest in Somalia now.

[manarab]

The problem isn't with Sheikh Sharif. Before him, there were AY, Geedi, Nur Hassan and many others. The problem is with those who install, finance and maintain the likes of Sheikh Sharif, and when they become useless, they are discarded and replaced. The problem is with those who interfere with Somalia's internal affairs.

[James Dahl]

I think you can trust countries like Qatar or Japan or Sweden, but those are the same countries that don't like to interfere in other countries' affairs anyways.

[manarab]

I think you can trust countries like Qatar or Japan or Sweden, but those are the same countries that don't like to interfere in other countries' affairs anyways.

Japan is still occupied by America, so it cannot be neutral. Sweden cannot be trusted to be neutral, as its parliament recently labeled (following the American labeling) the Armenian killings as genocide.

[Cirwaaq]

This is not going to work... Time for another PEACE conference?

Trust must be reciprocal.

[James Dahl]

I think you can trust countries like Qatar or Japan or Sweden, but those are the same countries that don't like to interfere in other countries' affairs anyways.

Japan is still occupied by America, so it cannot be neutral. Sweden cannot be trusted to be neutral, as its parliament recently labeled (following the American labeling) the Armenian killings as genocide.

If that's what it takes for you to consider a country as harmless as Sweden as being biased, there's no hope for you

[LobsterUnit]

you should make dua for the international community, especially the ugandans and burundi soldiers, who are saving your caliph sheikh shariff from being hanged.

[Ganjaweed]

To be honest as a somali president the only countries I would deal with are scandonavia, china and east asia, south america, south-east asia and maybe india. Other than that, the rest of the world (particulary the west) are manipulative and interfering.

[manarab]

If that's what it takes for you to consider a country as harmless as Sweden as being biased, there's no hope for you

Well, looks can be deceiving. Sweden might look harmless, but that's about looks.

[Dionysus]

You know beggars can't be choosers and so called Somali governments are all beggars. Even if the west stayed out of the internal affairs of the Somali government, the Somalis would still seek them out.