Go Ethiopia! Go USA!

Ethiopia has sent warplanes in an attack "on Somalia's powerful Islamic movement" "openly escalating its conflict with Islamist fighters into a dreaded regional war."

Oh no! Not the dreaded regional war!

The buried lede is this:

Ethiopia has the most powerful military in the region, trained by American advisors and funded by American aid. American officials have acknowledged that they tacitly supported Ethiopia’s decision to send troops to Somalia because they felt it was the best way to check the growing power of the Islamists, whom American officials have accused of sheltering Al Qaeda terrorists.

Ya gotta love our Imperial Grunts!

Does Ethiopia have an exit strategy? Did its government lie to its people in order to take them into an ill-advised war? Is this going to be another quagmire?

I tend to agree with Captain Ed's take,