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Al-Shabaab, another terrorist club, has announced through it’s spokesman, Ali Mohamud Raage, that they are banning aid to Somalia during the famine because the aid organizations are spies and work on political agendas. Now in a fair world, the Al-Shabaab would be forced to kneel and eat sand until their evil eyes pop out of their fungus invested heads. But the world is not fair. Not even close. So, children are being forced to walk – dehydrated and malnourished for days into Kenya or Ethiopia to find water and food. Some make it, some don’t.
The aid agencies say they are helpless. Ali Mohamud Raage said, ‘The UN said that there is famine in Somalia. That is not true. It is a lie and they are politicizing the issue. “We only have drought in Somalia, not famine.” Conversely, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said : “Nearly 3.7 million people are now in crisis,” . Aid agencies estimate that 10 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda and Somalia are at risk of famine. Ten million people. I’m going with Ban.
So as not to be completely unreasonable, Al-Shabaab has offered a bargain to the aid agencies. Of course, no specifics have been presented as to what this bargain entails, and so the UN, The World Food Programme, and Mercy Corps. are waiting around for negotiations. CNN reports that according to the head of USAID, “President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton have asked us to test Al-Shabaab, if they’re going to provide humanitarian access. We’re going to stand with the United Nations and other partners to make sure that humanitarian organizations can get in and can reach the most affected people.” What that means is nothing. Certainly nothing to this satanic offshoot of Al Qaeda. It’s another tragically, laughable statement that carries no weight whatsoever. Testing Al-Shabaab? Are you kidding?
Look, these terrorists are always raiding UN drops. But there are not 10 million of them. Let them take their share. Lift the ridiculous Foreign Asset Control restrictions – imposed of course by the US to prevent aid organizations from operating in areas controlled by Al-Shabaab and just drop more stuff, geniuses. It’s a famine, and aren’t we supposed to be the good guys with the pure agenda of helping the impoverished? What else can we do, go to war in Somalia on the premise that people are starving? If we lead the way, ignoring the rodents and focusing on the really important big picture, helping the suffering masses, maybe the world will once again see us for the altruistic nation we once were.
In the book, The Art of Leadership it is written: “Advice to a King…In your daily activities, vigorously carry out whatever is right.”
If we are going to be king again, we need to start acting like one. A good one. We cannot change everyone with military action, but we can change hearts and minds by winning hearts and minds. If we show the UN and the other humanitarian organizations that we in fact are humanitarians, they will follow in kind. For once, let’s do the right thing.
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