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The Bush Administration on Somalia: Policy Malpractice

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The Bush Administration on Somalia: Policy Malpractice

Posted by David Sullivan on December 18, 2008

The Bush Administration on Somalia: Policy Malpractice

It boggles the mind to imagine how the already horrific situation in Somalia could get much worse. But somehow diplomats in the outgoing Bush Administration are doing their part to turn this crisis into an even greater catastrophe and hijacking the incoming Obama Administration’s policy alternatives by urging Ethiopia to maintain its military presence in Somalia, pressing for an ill-advised U.N. peacekeeping force, and pushing to place Eritrea on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. See Enough’s statement for details on the potential fallout from these moves.