US Escalates Somalia Strikes, Avoiding 'Forever War' Label
The story focuses on Trump's purported escalation, noting his strike total exceeds Bush, Obama, and Biden combined. But the 'War on Terror' never truly ended in Somalia; it just shapeshifted. Obama launched 33 strikes in 2016 alone. These strikes, often targeting al-Shabaab, invariably result in civilian casualties—a detail often minimized or outright omitted in US military reports, which somehow
always find 'no credible evidence' of harm to non-combatants. (Remember the pattern?) So, one might ask, is it really an 'escalation' when the US has maintained active combat operations in Somalia for nearly two decades, largely out of the public eye? Or is it just another chapter in a never-ending conflict the public is rarely asked to consent to, where the only thing that changes is the
presidential signature on the drone authorization?