"A major offensive by Islamic rebels has brought Somalia's internationally backed government close to collapse and renewed the possibility that a militant Islamist regime that allegedly has ties to al Qaeda could seize control of the East African nation. That would be a devastating blow to U.S. counter-terrorism and anti-piracy efforts in East Africa, where al Qaeda operatives bombed the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998."
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1051010.html
Iraq. Iran. Afghanistan. Pakistan. Somalia.
At some point, we're going to have to give up on conquering and / or reforming and / or civilizing this part of the world, and just figure out how to quarantine the area.
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