the world is so peaceful these days that action is clearly needed:
[from the WaPo] Militiamen Close In on Key Somali City Neighboring Ethiopia Threatens to Invade to Defend Baidoa-Based Interim Government By Mohamed Sheikh Nor Associated Press Thursday, July 20, 2006; A15 MOGADISHU, Somalia, July 19 -- The Islamic militiamen who control most of southern Somalia deployed hundreds of fighters Wednesday outside the city where the U.N.-backed interim government is based and said they planned to seize it. Capturing Baidoa would make the Islamic militia the uncontested authority over most of the country. Neighboring Ethiopia said it was prepared to invade Somalia to defend the interim government. -- Jim Devine / "You need a busload of faith to get by." -- Lou Reed.
