By: GZ on Mercoledì 03 Gennaio 2007 02:16
Bisogna imparare dagli etiopi che almeno loro hanno del buon senso.
Hanno appena invaso la Somalia per impedire che gli islamici che avevano preso Mogadiscio un mese fa ne facessero una base di terrorismo
Il giornalista americano ieri chiede al primo ministro etiope se questa invasione avrà invece l'effetto contrario e spingerà gli elementi radicali a darsi al terrorismo...(..even a short conflict, would ultimately spawn terrorist attacks across the region...)
E questo Meles Zenawi risponde:
"Questo argomento mi affascina. Mi stupisce che nel XXI secolo delle persone intelligenti affermino che se rispondi con la forza alimenti il terrorismo e se invece ti mostri conciliante e fai dei compromessi lo addomestici..."
(..It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, but if you appease them, you somehow tame them...)
Chi vive in mezzo a dei pericoli concreti capisce che l'uso della forza funziona
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In a recent interview with the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, The Washington Post asks ....
Q. There are analysts, diplomats and others who fear that limited conflict between Ethiopia and Somalia, even a short conflict, would ultimately spawn terrorist attacks across the region in neighboring countries, that it would embolden the more radical elements within the courts. Do you share this analysis? What are your thoughts on the idea that even an African Union deployment might make matters worse in the long run?
A. This argument does fascinate me. It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, but if you appease them, you somehow tame them. This argument, as I said, is very interesting, and very surprising. . . . This policy of feckleness in the face of threats, this beatification of this threat, is quite dangerous. . . . There is a group in the Islamic Movement in Mogadishu that is not interested in democratic secular government in Somalia, that is hell-bent on establishing a Taliban regime in Somalia. Now, you can facilitate the Talibanization of Somalia through dialogue. If that is the intention, it perhaps makes sense. But you cannot stop a group that has clearly demonstrated that it wants to Talibanize all of Somalia, that is prepared to use dialogue to facilitate its military takeover. For someone to say in the face of such facts and stark realities, that facing the challenge on its own terms is what creates the challenge in the first place, such arguments in my view are worse than fecklessness in the face of a challenge.