get out of somalia.

the cia is funneling money to corrupt somalian warlards in a vain and futile effort stop the advance of organized islamists. somalia is a non-country, a chaos land with no functioning government and little order. yes, these islamists follow sharia law, but with some support and some negotiation they may be encouraged to loosen up, while still maintaining their organized approach to government and order. they claim to oppose hosting al-qaeda, and maybe we should show some trust to earn their trust. the british and italians, former colonial rulers, are working to bring peace and unity to somalia, but american meddling can only make a mess. haven't we learned? will we ever learn?

i saw blackhawk down. i know we can't help there. certainly not in the way the cia is doing it now.

america is why the world is spiralling out of control. america has created determined enemies because of its judgemental attitude and irrational racist fear. partisanship polarises and destroys honest, open debate. it does not allow for reason or logic. it only fucks things up. this is america, coming unglued one politician at a time.

i am angry. i am angry because i grew up thinking america was a great place, thinking we all had a wonderful bright future ahead of us. now i'm an adult i see it isn't so. worse, though, i see that our so-called leaders are only making a mess of all the great things i thought we had. sure, it wasn't as good as i thought it was, but i never thought it could be this bad. it's only getting worse.

not that anyone cares what i think.