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If Hillary wins the Whitehouse and after the Taliban takes charge, a move to Ethiopia might be in order.  They don’t seem to have any problems dispatching the Islamic-Nazis to hell in short-order. 

Okay, maybe I’m over stating things, but come on — you have to admit they have balls.  At least they don’t give a rats ass what the United Nations or the Media think about what they’re doing — they just do it because it is the (repeat after me) “right thing to do“.   You’d be hard pressed to find that kind of support in the United States, or for that matter, an administration with enough back-bone to stand up and tell the UN and the liberal suck-ass media to go screw themselves.

From Pajamas Media:

The startlingly rapid retreat of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), a Taliban-like group linked to Osama bin Laden, surprised military intelligence officers who less than a week ago were predicting a total route of Somalia’s secular transitional federal government.

The intensity of air strikes by Ethiopia, which has long been allied with the transitional government, has helped turn the tide. Ethiopia’s ground forces, already based in Somalia, have also played a critical role.

… and further on down ….

There may be lessons for the United States in Ethiopia’s success. Abdiweli Ali, an assistant professor at Niagara University who is in contact with transitional government military commanders on the ground, says that Ethiopia has less concern than the U.S. about civilian casualties. There is no reliable estimate of civilian deaths, but the number is believed to be in the hundreds. “We’re fighting wars with one hand tied behind our backs,” Professor Ali says. “In Iraq we’re trying to be nice, thinking we’ll give candy to people on the streets and they’ll love us. But people will understand later on if you just win now and provide them with security.”

A second lesson relates to the media. The Ethiopian government is generally less sensitive to media criticism than the U.S. government—and is likely to encounter far less criticism in the first place, since the press traditionally gives short shrift to coverage of Africa.

Captain Ed has a great post, and update, on this too.  Check out the Counterterrorism Blog also.