Dear President Bush,
Just two days ago I inquired as to whether the era of CIA backed coups had truly ended given your desire to implement regime change in numerous countries but especially Iran, Bolivia and Venezuela. Then I find in the news the U.S. is likely tampering in Somalia, outside the interim United Nations supported government.
The leader of a U.N.-backed transitional government that is trying to assert control over Somalia said Wednesday he believes the United States is funding an alliance of warlords fighting radical Islamic militias in his country and should be working directly with his administration instead.
The United States has said only that American officials have met with a wide variety of Somali leaders to try to fight international terrorists in the country. Rumors of U.S. support for the warlord alliance, which includes members of the interim Cabinet and armed businessmen, have run rampant in Somalia. State Department officials declined to comment.
Once again your administration fails to clarify exactly what is happening. It is reminiscent of Sec. Rice after secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe became public. It brings to mind the State Department’s inability to explain Saudi Arabia’s free pass on human trafficking.
What is being hidden behind that declination to comment? Is the Great Decider planning operations similar to Eisenhower’s CIA engineered coups in Iran and Guatemala? Will it be one of the obvious suspects, Bolivia, Iran or Venezuela or a less high profile victim like Somalia, Nicaragua or Chad?
Did you note the number of U.S. aided countries high on the failed states list? Near the top sat two countries with the indelible handprint of American intervention, Iraq and Haiti. Who are you engineering to fail next?
Are there better methods than coups and wars to help countries succeed? I believe so.
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