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Well. I think a lot of African countries...at least ones that were embroiled in civil wars vis-a-vis USA/USSR proxy battles probably don't have much love for the US of A. They are armed with mostly old soviet stuff though. if we did go to war with somalia, rebuilding Iraq will look like a cakewalk if we try to democratize somalia.

This brings up a great point. I think we should allow failed states in Africa to break into smaller more manageable parts. Kind of like what Eritrea did. Even if it is under a dictator, the government needs to have hegemony within the border. Several countries could benefit if we supported a secession, cause clearly without any infrastructure many of these large and poor countries can't rule within their own borders (think pakistan's northwest region but worse). I think the western mindset has got this notion that once something is drawn on a map we should do everything to prop it up, even though many of the countries are functional failures. Though not all.