Quote (IceMage @ Apr 25 2019 08:34am)
I'm not even sure that's the reference she intended to make. But even if it was, it's not disqualifying.
What's the substantial difference between calling the US government/military "the great satan", and painting a narrative of corrupt globalists who overthrow governments and start wars to enrich the military industrial complex? It's pretty much the same thing.
The operation in Somalia was in support of UN humanitarian objectives, the hundreds of Somalis killed were part of a mob that overran American positions, killed soldiers, and dragged them through the street.
Omar's family fled to avoid being killed by the same militias the United States was combating. The battle of Mogadishu eventually led to the United States withdrawing from the region, and to no one's surprise Somalia is still a violence wracked mess today.
Omar blames the United States because it's easier and more satisfying than coming to grips with the internal and external factors that led to the collapse of the Somali state in 1991.
Did Somalia need to invade Ethiopia in the 70s? Of course not, and Soviet support for Ethiopia eventually led to Somalia's defeat, popular unrest, and the collapse of the central government.
No, no, Omar blames the United States, presumably for no other reason than because she's been fed that lie since she was born, compounded and amplified by leftist apologists in the United States.