
We cannot comment here on all of the issues covered by the authors (John Prendergast and John Norris), but their misleading assumptions and biased conclusions over Somalia and the role the authors claim for the Ethiopia-Eritrea dispute certainly need correction if the paper is to be of any use to the next president. Any suggestion that "the standoff between [Eritrea and Ethiopia] has helped fuel conflict ...[ellipsis as published] further destabilizing Somalia" is seriously mistaken. It is Eritrea's proven track record of being a regional "spoiler" attempting to destabilize our whole region. It is an established fact that since its independence in 1993, Eritrea has managed to launch wars against virtually all of its neighbours, including Yemen, Ethiopia and Djibouti, and also threatened to use force to bring about regime change in Sudan. more...http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=94976005
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