Somalia descended into state failure in 1991, and famine quickly followed as warlords fought over the remnants of the country’s infrastructure. Television photos of starving children motivated the George H.W. Bush administration to provide aid and assistance. However, rather than rescue Somalis, humanitarian intervention ended up encouraging both warlords and venal politicians to fight over the assistance or to use it to bolster patronage or deny food and assistance to their political rivals.
While the Clinton administration abandoned Somalia after the "Black Hawk Down" episode, the United States has reengaged Somalia over the past decade. John Kerry became the first secretary of state in decades to visit Mogadishu when, in 2015, he landed and held meetings at the international airport, which serves as Somalia’s “green zone.”
The international community has doubled down on a plan to rebuild a Somali government, creating a timeline to one-man, one-vote popular elections that are set to occur this year, the first time Somalia would have such elections in more than a half-century.
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Which congressmen provide oversight here?
ReplyDelete2:54, It's either none, or the one's whose personal bank accounts grow the fastest.Or as in some cases, their children's bank accounts.
ReplyDeleteYea waist $$$ 1 Billion in an Enemy Country while my Taxes
ReplyDeleteget raised & my benefits are threatened !!!
Spend that Billion in MY country !!!!!
This is more than waste...let's see what US politician's family is benefiting. It has to be Democrats since this was put in motion in 2015 under Obama.
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