UN News Service (New York)
12 November 2007
Deploying a United Nations peacekeeping operation to Somalia is not realistic or viable given the war-wracked African country's security situation, the intensifying insurgency and the lack of progress towards any political reconciliation, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says.
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Due to 50 years of war with Eritrea and Somalia, Ethiopia has been in huge mess with it's own constant economic nightmares, persistent famines, uncontrolled AIDS, TB and other public health scrooge, internal political strife and ethnic civil wars in Ogadinia, Oromia and Amara provinces. If Ethiopia has never been able to clean up it's won dirty laundry at home, how is it possible that Ethiopia will remotely be able to dust off internal strife and stabilize Somalia? Ethiopia must leave Somalia, to let the Somalis take care of their own problem, while Ethiopia should attend to it's own internal strife, economic nightmare and ethnic civil wars. After 50 years of war against Eritreans, one hopes, Ethiopians has learned bitter lessons already. What's there, more to gain for Ethiopia from waging another 50 years of war against Eritrea or Somalia? If the Ethiopian government continues on instating on waging wars in Eritrea, Somalia and against it's internal enemies in Ogadinia, Oromia, and Amara provinces, the war could back fire and break Ethiopia apart just like Yugoslavia. Therefore, the Ethiopian lynch-pin "politicians" need to be careful on what they pray for, because, they might get it, as well. Gerrie Lijam San Jose, Ca. USA