If the comments on social media are anything to go by, the terrorists are achieving their short term objective, which is to put pressure to bear of the populace, create fear and despondency, isolate the government through mass discontent and force a withdrawal from Somalia amongst other blackmails. We are in a real ditch. We are stuck in Somalia for the long haul, a war in which no reports of progress is given anymore by the fluent army propagandist Col. Oguna. Withdrawal at this point would be sucidal. The international community is not at hand to help. Our economy has taken the beating. Tourists are in flight. Investors are holding back. Police force is over stretched and under resourced and ill trained. Yet at its most difficult moment, the Nation is divided - Christians against Muslims; Muslims against Christians; The rest against Somalis; and the rest against Kikuyus. Siege mentality amongst the Kikuyu and the Somalis, for different reasons of course. This is the time that the Nation and its leadership should read The Art of War by Tsun Tzu, and especially Chapter 10 where he talks about the principles of warfare and says that: There are dispersive ground, marginal ground, contentious ground, open ground, intersecting ground, critical ground, difficult ground, surrounded ground, and deadly ground. Tsun Tzu further says: Where there are mountains and forests, defiles and ravines, swamps and wetlands, and places difficult to pass, this is called difficult ground. ? Where the entrance is narrow, the exit circuitous, allowing the enemy to attack his few to our many, this is called surrounded ground. Where if one who does battle with full force survives, and one who does not do battle with full force perishes, this is called deadly ground He further advices that: Therefore,.... On difficult ground, press on. On surrounded ground, be prepared. On deadly ground, do battle.
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 20:43:29 +0000
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