The Importance Of US Interest In Somalia

S Foreign policy within HOA. Djibouti supports African Union and U.S. Foreign Policy efforts to eradicate the spread of Islamic extremists groups such as Al-Qaida affiliated al-Shabaab – this commitment includes providing military forces to the African Union Mission in Somalia, supporting the Transitional Federal Government in Mogadishu, Somalia. Additionally, the Djiboutian government supports USAID efforts throughout Africa by providing warehousing for the only stockpile of humanitarian aid on the African continent. (Diplomatic, Information IOP)

In early 1990 Somalia was going through a civil war. Their dictator Mohammed Farrah had order the closer of all food transportation that entered the country. He`s goal was to kill his own people by starving them to death. About 300,000 civilians had died of hunger. In response, the united States send troops to Somalia to capture Mohammed Farrah., the self-proclaimed president of Somalia. They soon found out that the best strategic was to capture Omar Salad Elmi and Abdi Hassan Awale Queybdiid, two of Mohammed top advisers. The special mission was to be done by experienced man as well as new recruits. The operation was supposed to have taken about 30 minutes on Octuber 3, 1993. There objective were the two top advisers of Mohammed that

It is worth noting that Somalis are a mostly homogenous population. Specifically, they share a common language, religion (mostly Sunni Muslim, minority Shi'i) and a common historical identity. The main source of internal contention has always been disputes between the four main clan-families; the Dir, Darod, Isaaq, and Hawiye clans.(Jennifer De MaioTITLE:Managing Civil Wars: An Evaluation of Conflict-prevention Strategies in Africa ) However at this point in history, the Somali people, longing to break out from imperial rule, unified briefly under the Salihiyah tariqa, an orthodox muslim brotherhood led by Mahammad Abdille Hasan. The so-called, Dervish rebellion targeted the British and Egyptian

National interests are usually the main consideration for the U.S. foreign policy, which can divide into two different parts. First, to protect and prevent American people from any kind of attack, which is the most important and commonly agreed unanimously. Second, helping and maintaining the operation of the U.S. government. To ensure that the interests of national development are not being compromised, Untied States have more aggressively policy to protect its national interests. Some people believe the “the U.S. will use unrivaled military power to further the global counterterrorism movement and democracy as the core goal of foreign policy. Furthermore, the U.S. hopes that all countries and societies can choose the most advantageous political and economic system to themselves independently, to help those countries which have been used as safe haven by terrorism organizations to get rid of the chaos caused by war and poverty.”

With little to no worth in natural resources, Somalia was of no strategic value. In 1960 Somali was born and almost immediately they had started to have conflicts with the neighbouring country. With the assassination of their president in 1969, General Siad Barre started to take power and initiated a coup. Later on is when he started to have dictator like tendencies and only appointing his clan and family to power. Only after this is when Operation Deliverance was initiated – an operation set out to retrieve a Canadian journalist and to control and disband Siad Barre. Later on this mission turned into a political nightmare with protests in Ohio, Kenya, and Somalia. This goes to show that Canada does not have the ability to extract a target with tactical precision without raising alarm and protest without the help of an ally.

As more and more foreign forces made their way into Somalia attention fell on the

The fundamental goal for the United States government in Afghanistan was to destroy Al-Qaeda who was responsible for the attacks and their hosts the Taliban. The U.S also wanted

Thesis: Since the 9/11 terrorists’ attacks, terrorism has extended far beyond the United States and into other nations such as Africa. Even though these acts of aggressions take place outside of the United States, the government should have the capability to counteract groups who engage in the terrorism without fear of reprisal. Therefore, the establishment of a new Combatant Command for Africa (AFRICOM) should mark an important milestone in the prevention of the terrorist attacks against the United States. Africa Command in partnership with African countries will help protect and defend the national security interests of the

Affirmation of Somaliland is crucial because the encouragement of African action should not become the basis for inaction on the part of the United States. Jendayi Frazer, in her report on “Somaliland: Time for African Union Leadership,” states that the United States would recognize Somaliland if the others acted first. But Somaliland deserves recognition from a purely U.S.-centric national security perspective. The United States has always stood to protect the values that it was founded upon. Somaliland, in its entirety fits this impression. The Somaliland government and population embody a moderate voice in the Muslim world that rejects radical interpretations of Islam, including that espoused by the Council of Somali Islamic Courts currently in control. It would serve as a bulwark against the further expansion of radical ideologies in the Horn of Africa by offering a brilliant case of how

With the absence of Mohamed Siad Barre, the country had no proper government to run it. Faction groups started forming in Somalia to take control. In 1992, there was killing and starvation in the south of Somalia (Global Security 1). The U.N. sends peacekeeping operations into Somalia. In addition, the United States started sending troops into Somalia. In 1994, there was too much casualties in Somalia, so the U.S. soldiers withdrew from Somalia with the problems still unsolved (Phil Stewart 1). Fishermen started taking advantage of the bad condition Somalia is in and started raiding different fishing ports. The Somalians started to fight back. The Somalians began to raid and became pirates. Some observers say that the Somalians pirates are usually poor folks trying to get their fortune back (Ishaan Tharoor

Somaliland became independent in 1991. It is the best democratic track record comparing to its neighboring countries (Kaplan 2008). Somaliland is not internationally recognized as a separate country, but it has the most democratic political system in the entire Horn of Africa (Kaplan 2008). Somaliland has carried out elections in the past and still carries out for the control of its government. Elections held in the past have been pretty fair and the power transferred from one political party to another was done in a peaceful manner. Somaliland since its constitutional referendum in 2001 held three consecutive competitive elections (Kaplan 2008). What makes Somaliland different from Somalia is that it has traditional institutions of self-governance which form into a unique form of democracy (Kaplan 2008). Somaliland has had a change of governments in the past and the powers from one party to another was usually done in a peaceful manner. The citizens there have a right to vote and have their own opinions about electing or choosing the leader they want for their country. Somaliland's print media are free to criticize the government (Kaplan 2008). They are not threatened or receive punishments from any political party in power. They have freedom of choice. In the past for promoting fair elections, Somaliland has used indelible ink on voter's fingers to prevent double voting (Kaplan 2008). All the votes are counted and supervised by representatives of all the parties (Kaplan 2008). Being a democracy, it is crucial for the governing party to take other parties opinions into consideration. The president of Somaliland who was elected in 1993 Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal negotiated with other sub-clans (Kaplan 2008). They rebuild government buildings, reopened central bank with a new currency, formed a new civil service and etc (Kaplan 2008). Somaliland's bottom-up

“I don 't recognize my people anymore. I feel Somalia is lost. There is no Somalia. It is just a name (Abdi, 2016)”. Over the past 20 years Somalia as a country has been in turmoil and constant fighting. Today’s Somalia is still a harsh environment and the people are unforgiving as they too are trying to survive this oasis of violence. Considering Somalia in the news now we see after years of fighting and trying to support this country with food, water, and security it has progressed but not quickly. It has been a battle for any support to the country essentially taking two steps forward and one step back.

The United States has a very long history of intervening within other countries, whether it is for political reasons or otherwise. U.S. intervention started along with the establishment of the United States. This long history still continues strong up until today. Although the U.S. often intervenes, the justified reasons for these interventions are often very unclear, but there are a few repeating trends. First, the idea that it is America’s responsibility to spread democracy to developing nations is a very repeated tendency. The goal of these interventions is to set up an American style government, whether the country likes it or not. The second ideal is to bring freedom and safety to the civilian population of the intervened

Thus, by being presented as strong and dangerous, a country is less likely to be attacked. From this, a cycle forms, if the Somali pirates continue to bully other nations, the other nations will then fight back like America did against Tripoli, and in the end demonstrate their power. This helps lead into the explanation for the decline of Somali Piracy since 2012. In preparing for conflict it is important to recognize the signs of conflict. Such as repressed people, which mostly occurs as a result of a monarchy or those who do not have their opinions heard. Hence, America in the revolution war declaring its independence and America in the Barbary War demonstrating its strength and will to not be terrorized again. Once the signs are recognizing preventative measures can be taken to reduce the conflict or overall stop it at its source. Such as turning from a rule of monarchy into one of democracy where people will have their voices heard and acknowledge. Through the strengthened support of the people, the country/nation will be on a better ground and improve its reputation. Such as how America had the support of their people during the Barbary War and through its victory developed a strong, prominent, and well supported

On 26 July 2006 Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), backed by the United States, attacked Somalia. Islamic forces controlled most of Somalia until Ethiopian forces took the advantage causing a hasty retreat to Mogadishu, Islamists stronghold. The Islamists felt invincible when taking over Mogadishu, threatening to behead people that didn’t pray 5 times a day. Ethiopia went into Somalia solely for humanitarian purposes.