Somalia and the Failings of Modern American Foreign Policy

"Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations – entangling alliances with none."

-Thomas Jefferson,
3rd President of the United States of America.


I find it rather perplexing that modern American politicians, time and again, seem to disregard the noble foreign policy principles of the founding fathers of their republic. Indeed, it is strange that modern America has become an entity which seeks to remake all the nations of the world in its own perceived image. I can only speculate upon the true motives behind such a curious kind of behaviour, and I very much doubt that the political elites of modern America—even privately amongst themselves—can provide a definitive explanation of the motives which ultimately drive such destructive political impulses.

Perhaps a staggering, and unhealthy, lack of political self-awareness has taken hold of the American psyche for the best part of the past 100 years. In this relatively short period of time in human history, modern America has managed to both achieve great successes and to fall victim to evidently self-inflicted foreign policy disasters. Clearly, modern America’s emergence from unilateral isolation during the early part of the last century, and its decisive role in securing strategic Allied victories in both World Wars—and the Cold War—cannot be denied.

However, modern America—despite its much vaunted super-power status—has failed in several significant theatres of foreign activity during the past 100 years. Modern America—for various reasons—and in pursuit of a certain kind of liberal interventionist foreign policy, which I firmly believe it has inherited from a particularly brutal European continent of a bygone age, has failed spectacularly in places like Korea, Vietnam, and Somalia during the past 100 years.

Modern America, in my opinion, has clearly abandoned the principles of its founding fathers—as eloquently described in the above quoted phrase taken from the inauguration speech of President Thomas Jefferson in the year 1801. This regrettable loss of authentically American values, in my view, has led to truly disastrous consequences in many parts of the world. In the specific case of Somalia, we have seen modern America support the most feared, and hated, members of Somali society—the warlord fraternity of Somalia—for the sake of political expedience. Modern America had chosen to arm and support men with extensive criminal histories: Men with the blood of literally thousands innocent Somali civilians on their hands, and for no discernable profit!

To add insult to injury—and as a consequence of the many failures of the warlord fraternity of Somalia: these men had failed to achieve the political aims specifically desired by Washington D.C.—the Ethiopian army was ordered to invade the Somali national territory in December 2006 by the US government of the day. This particularly bad piece of US foreign policy soon resulted in complete disaster for all concerned, not least the Ethiopian army. When the Ethiopian army had failed to successfully install the ghastly American vehicle of occupation, called the TFG of Somalia, modern America decided—quite cynically—to modify its political approach by creating the concept of moderate Islamism, as personified by the notorious Sharif Axmed—so-called president of the monstrous TFG entity.

I believe that modern America should learn from the many mistakes of the past. I believe that the time has come to end the practices of modern liberal interventionism inside the Somali national territory. Such practices only breed resentment amongst the ordinary members of Somali society, which in turn breeds armed resistance movements inside a land that has known little but violence for the best part of a quarter of a century. The Somali people are not, as some may choose to portray them, inherently hostile to the idea of the modern American republic. However, the Somali people—like any other nation on earth—are very much hostile to the idea, and the execution, of acts of aggression directed against them and their legitimate national interests. The concept of imposing a puppet government upon the Somali people is profoundly offensive to all sectors of honourable Somali society—and I can confidently say that the overwhelming majority of Somali people share this point of view.

I am the first to admit the fact that the Somali nation has collectively, on several occasions during the past 40 years, made a number of serious political mistakes. These errors of judgement have, more often than not, led to what can best be described as self-inflicted political crises inside the Somali national territory—but Somalia is hardly alone in this regard! Having said this, it is important to identify the role played by foreign political actors, inside the Somali national territory, throughout these past 40 years. Foreign interventions, in one form or another, have stimulated and aided the rise of a certain type of so-called Somali national politics. Multiple foreign interventions, inside the Somali national territory have always favoured and supported the most rapacious, corrupt, and irresponsible members of Somali society—and always at the expense of the remainder of the ancient and honourable Somali nation. Foreign intervention, in one form or another—and modern America is certainly not alone when it comes to this type of behaviour inside the Somali national territory—is the nothing less than the root cause of the demise of the once influential Somali state.

It is quite clear to me that the cynical methods, used for the purposes of foreign interventionism inside the Somali national territory, serve neither the interests of the foreign actors who seek to influence the political destiny of the Somali nation nor the ordinary members of Somali society. To my mind, the cynical methods of foreign interventionism inside Somalia—as practiced by modern America—must be abandoned if we are to see the return of political stability and peace inside the Somali national territory. Modern America must learn to resist the urge to give material incentives to the most depraved—and untrustworthy—members of Somali society in the name of American strategic interests. Modern America must learn to benefit from the lessons of its own past. Modern America must rediscover the ideals of its own founding fathers—men who had managed to overcome the bitter experience of colonial rule, by means of an armed struggle, in order to establish the United States of America itself.

Somalia and the Folly of the Imposter President

‘Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.’

-James Bovard

There is a man—some consider him a president. However, in reality, this man is nothing more than a convenient tool of the virulent anti-Somali agenda which emanates from Washington D.C.—that otherworldly home of nefarious intrigues. The ghastly man in question had recently shaken hands with a high-ranking, female, American politician who had originally made her name as the wife of a bona fide president from North America. This woman had managed to rise to the top of her society, quite admirably, and she happens to be—purely by chance—an advocate of all manner of Western liberalism.

The man in question here needs no introduction. By this moment in time, his infamous reputation precedes him. I have it on good authority that the so-called president of the monstrous TFG of Somalia had received a cash payment of US$600,000 for his role in the unlawful sale of Somali territorial waters to the Kenyan government. By any standard, and despite the public condemnation—made by many of his associates inside the TFG entity itself, as a result of this particularly shameful act—the manifestly evil demon, who had shaken hands with Mrs. Hillary Clinton during last Thursday must, by the grace of the Almighty, face the full consequences of his many treacherous misdeed.

I was shocked to learn that the so-called president, of the monstrous TFG entity, had once—a number of years ago—been taken into custody by the Ethiopian police forces in Addis-Ababa. He had been, at that time, on a mission on behalf of an influential kinsman of his. It is alleged that the man, who currently calls himself the president of the shameful TFG entity of Somalia, had managed to disturb the peace of Addis-Ababa, during his time there, by failing to pay his luxury hotel bill in that city. It would appear, as irony would have it, that his immediate predecessor as the so-called president of the disgraceful TFG puppet entity—Mr. Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed—had intervened on his behalf in order to free him from an Ethiopian gaol, and certain public humiliation.

For these simple reasons, and many others too numerous to mention at this time, the honourable Somali nation must never tolerate the humiliation of accepting such a worthless and vile creature as its legitimate head of state. Whether or not the mighty United States of America chooses to support this shameful character, the Somali nation must be never accept this violation of our God given right to choose our own leaders. The honourable Somali nation must never succumb to the foolish intentions of the Godless few amongst us—no matter how impeccably democratic their credentials seem to appear.

Somalia and the Domesticated Members of Society

I recently encountered a word which completely captures the nature of certain so-called Somali politicians of modern times. Much credit must go to those amongst us who pay attention to these matters. Apart from the shameless former clan warlords—who currently masquerade as ministers, or imaginary civil servants, within the repulsive TFG of Somalia—there is a distinct group of public figures who, rather uniquely as individuals, manage to personify the lack of self-esteem so common amongst the nominally educated classes of modern day Somalia.

The word, which best describes these people, is domesticated. There is something amusing about the mannerisms, and the complete lack of style, of these genuinely domesticated individuals. No sane person can deny the fact that the current—and perhaps phantom—foreign affairs minister, Mr. Maxamed A. Omaar, of the monstrous TFG of Somalia cuts a pathetic figure when he attempts to justify—by means of Western legal rationalism—the brutal military occupation, by AMISOM soldiers, of certain parts of Mogadishu: Somalia’s biggest, and most important city.

In the eyes of such people, and there are quite a few amongst the monstrous and perfidious TFG entity, the ability to string a few—well rehearsed—phrases in the English language, and the ability to wear a three piece suit, is apparently enough qualification for the shameful role of betraying the entire Somali nation in the service of certain Western masters. These domesticated Somali politicians, in many ways, remind me of the pliant and submissive ‘House-slaves’ who had once served their white masters during the repulsive bygone era of Slavery in the Americas.

It is particularly surprising to learn that such men are permitted to play a divisive role inside the Somali national territory at this moment in time. Indeed, when one reflects upon the long history of the Somali nation, it is particularly regrettable that such a state of affairs has come to pass. The various domesticated politicians, who currently serve in the so-called cabinet of the disgraceful imposter Shariif Axmed—himself a creation of Western interests—seem to think, quite mistakenly, that they shall gain concrete benefits from this loyal service to their Western masters.

Men like the truly awful Cumar Cabdirashiid Cali Sharmaarke—a man who seems to believe the fiction that he is the Prime Minister of a legitimate Somali government—having learned how to wear a suit and tie correctly in North America, are prepared to do anything in order to satisfy their Western masters. This man, in particular, has been in the service of certain Western interests—in the shape of the United Nations—for much of his working life. It seems to me that these domesticated Somali politicians—these diabolical members of society—are hell bent upon selling both the national territory and the national heritage of the Somalia for the benefit of their Western masters.

In many ways, the phenomenon of the domesticated Somali politician is the greatest danger which currently confronts the Somali nation at this moment in time. Men like the recently elected leader of the Puntland State of Somalia, Dr. Cabdiraxmaan ‘Faroole’, seem to never learn from the mistakes of the past. It appears that the current leadership of the Puntland State of Somalia are busily preparing for the opening of a new Ethiopian interest office in the State capital city of Garowe. This is quite amazing when one reflects upon the devastation caused by the Ethiopian army inside the Somali national territory during the recent past. It would appear that the domesticated members of Somali society, the negligent and morally bankrupt politicians of modern times, care more about serving the interests of their Western masters than standing in solidarity with their Somali brethren. Certain Somali politicians are more concerned about visiting Washington D.C. or New York City—where their domestication is both encouraged and appreciated—than the act of successfully ending the suffering of their compatriots in Southern Somalia.