Get out…Ok, Please

Ethiopia has quietly decided the U.N.-backed government of Somalia, Mogadishu must be overthrown and a new Islamic government implemented.

Redneck’s Revenge posted an AP news item pertaining to this, which said:

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Residents reported hundreds of Ethiopian troops in armored vehicles patrolling the central Somali town of Baidoa on Thursday, less than a day after Islamic militants reached the outskirts of the strategic town that is home to a largely powerless U.N.-backed government.

The humorous portion of this news is the statement made by Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed:

"We will declare Jihad if the Ethiopian government refuses to withdraw their troops from Somalia. They must withdraw as soon as possible ... We will wait for some time to see if they respect our demands," Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed told The Associated Press.

It is very evident in the comment “We will wait for some time to see if they respect our demands” that they can do little if anything about Ethiopian troops patrolling their cities. If they had true power and let us not forget a government and standing army they could throw them out, but no government and no army, well, he can make threats as he is running to another country, nothing more.

Somalia, Mogadishu is best known for their attacks upon our Black Hawk Helicopters and subsequent battle with U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Forces as told in the book and movie, Black Hawk Down.