Link to New Yorker article on Somalia

Hey all,

You have to be a member to access it, but I wanted to give you the link to the article on Somalia that we brought up last week in our discussion of food aid in conflict areas.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/12/14/091214fa_fact_anderson

It touches on the politcs of food aid in Somalia - a recent hot topic - and provides a good overview of the country's challenges (the basics: terrorism, famine, piracy, lawlessness). A quote to ponder about intervention from a Ugandan Army officer: “You can have a million tanks on the streets here, but you are not going to bring peace until the Somalis want it.”