There is an understandable desire, six years after our invasion, to seek a quick and easy end to our intervention in Kismayo. We see this in the protests of every Sade intellectual;
I saw it recently in cornel Abdulahi Yusuf’s call to withdraw troops whether or not the Juba is secured. But should Sade follow these calls, we would face consequences of the most serious nature. Because our forces are not yet capable of carrying out most security operations on their own, great bloodshed would occur if the main enforcer of Juba authority – coalition troops – draw down prematurely. If we were to leave, the most likely result would be full scale civil war.
