Friday, December 29, 2006
Mark these words
Somalia today:
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Thursday...his troops would assist the transitional government to restore peace in Mogadishu.Donald Rumsfeld, November, 2002:
He said Ethiopia would not become bogged down in an Iraq-style occupation.
He predicted that Ethiopian troops would remain in Somalia for a matter of days or weeks. "We are certainly not planning to stay there for months," he said.
"Five days or five weeks or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last any longer than that."
