Obama Team Mulls Aims Of Somali Extremists

Al-Shabab spokemen (Photo from Minnesota Public Radio)

From The Washington Post:

Seeing Potential Terror Threat, Officials Debate Their Options.

Senior Obama administration officials are debating how to address a potential terrorist threat to U.S. interests from a Somali extremist group, with some in the military advocating strikes against its training camps. But many officials maintain that uncertainty about the intentions of the al-Shabab organization dictates a more patient, nonmilitary approach.

Al-Shabab, whose fighters have battled Ethiopian occupiers and the tenuous Somali government, poses a dilemma for the administration, according to several senior national security officials who outlined the debate only on the condition of anonymity.

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My Comment: I feel like I am going back into a time warp. The Administration's arguments on what to do in Somalia mirror the same Administration arguments that were made in the 1990s on what to do with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

Everyone knows what needs to be done .... but like in the 1990s,there is a complete lack of political will or leadership from the White House.