The Hill: Top US general on Africa: Airstrikes not enough to defeat al-Shabaab
The head of U.S. Africa Command (Africom) on Thursday said that U.S. airstrikes against al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia are not enough to defeat the al Qaeda-affiliated militant group, and that local forces need to “step up.”
“At the end of the day, these strikes are not going to defeat al-Shabaab,” Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser told lawmakers during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
“But they are going to provide the opportunity for the federal government and the Somali National Army to grow and assume the security of that country.”
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WNU Editor: He is right. You need a lot of boots on the ground, and that is not going to happen for the U.S. in Somalia.
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2 comments:
You don't need lots of boots on the ground. You need specialists on the ground who can identify high concentrations of targets. Bombing the shit out of them does fuck all, you need effective strikes, something the US isn't known for.
You almost need to stop bombing to instill a false sense of security then BAM!
The US minaturized their bombs after 2003. They went from 500, 1,000 and 2,000 lb bombs to 100 pound bombs.
It is the opposite of what they did in WW2. the idea was to kill the target and minimize or eliminate the collateral.
All Somalia shows is that you cannot win without the queen.
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