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So the U.S. is now currently bombing Somalia?
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This thread would also be appropriate for the HL subforum.
thewarrior05
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We’re going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran” –General Wesley Clark (2007)
The Odum of Ala Igbo
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It's for the oil....plain and simple let no one else tell you different about no raggedy ass island spin off ala-shiskabob.
Somalia doesn't have oil. But it likely has natural gas. The US isn't bombing Somalia for natural gas access. Rather, Somalia has a very important geo-strategic location.
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This is pointless thoe they already more or less control them
can you expound on this
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In the map above, you can see that Somalia is adjacent to the Arabian peninsula (where restive Yemen and Saudi Arabia lie), East Africa and the Horn of Africa. Moreover, Somaliland/Puntland are on the Gulf Aden which could act as a stranglehold on the Red Sea.
In this map, you'll realize that the Suez Canal is connected to both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Whoever controls the Gulf of Aden controls a lot of the shipping to Europe, the Levant, Arabia etc.
Why?
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Oil tankers that leave the middle east have to pass by the Somali Coast so any disruption in that region can have extremely severe economic repercussions especially with Iran ready/able to cut off the straight of Hormuz which is a major choke point for Saudi Arabian oil if shyt ever pops off. What did you think these Somali pirates have been stealing all these years
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wow and i guess aaron hernandez more important. just look at the difference between the 2 topics on this site and on national news stations
Actually they just found vast oil reserves buried under somalia....
It's a vital U.S. interest
The Odum of Ala Igbo
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Actually they just found vast oil reserves buried under somalia....
It's a vital U.S. interest
Paragraph no proven reserves yet found. Ethiopians haven't found oil in the Ogaden (similar sediment make up) so I'm skeptical.
Regardless, control of Somalia is attached to global control of the seas. Very strategic
Think I remember this guy. Use to like his vids.