I just had the good fortune to be able to ask Ethan Zuckerman about the Somalia air strikes and got an amazing 15-minute controlled rant. Wish I’d taken notes. Anyway, despite the way it’s being reported, this is not a simple in-and-out revenge strike on bad guys. It is a move in a complex political struggle over the future of that area of the world. (Yes, I am naive enough to have thought otherwise.) For more, begin by searching on Ethan’s site for the category “africa,” and see this article and this one. [Tags: africa ethiopia somalia terrorism ethan_zuckerman]

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