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Originally Posted by QuasiMondo
Are we talking about the Ogaden war which was fought over the land that Britain returned to Ethiopia instead of Somalia? This same war that was supported by Egypt as a means to destabilize Ethiopia and secure the Nile river to themselves? The same war in which Somalia's defeat at the hands of Soviet- and Cuban-backed Ethiopians resulted in the civil war which rendered their government useless?
At the beginning of that war, keep in mind that Somalia's army was equipped with Soviet equipment. Also keep in mind that the Soviet Union's decision to withdraw their support from Somalia and divert it to Ethiopia instead (since prior to the war they were supplying weapons and support to both countries) had more to do with their downfall than any U.S. involvement.
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Never said that it was the exclusive involvement of the US. But the entire dispute started as Britain and the US tried to prevent the Soviet Union of getting access to any of the Italian Somalia territories.
So while I never said that it was the US that "caused" anything exclusively, it is a fact that the US was pretty involved in the region, as it was in others.