An unnamed soldier in Somalia on the left and an Australian musician, John Butler (ABC TV's Enough Rope interview), on the right.
Photos from musicbase.de and Bleak New Year beckons for Somalia:
Ethiopia has deployed troops in Somalia to back up the official government. If the Islamists attack, they will find themselves fighting Ethiopia and a cross-border war would then develop. If so, Ethiopia’s bitter enemy Eritrea would be sorely tempted to join in.
If Ethiopia is tied down in Somalia, Eritrea may open a new front in the north. Then the Horn of Africa will be engulfed in a regional war with repercussions for the entire continent. The prognosis for 2007 for the inhabitants of that vast region is bleak indeed.
- David Blair, Telegraph.co.uk
See how I sucked you into reading about serious matters by luring you with trivialities? (If you were lured; are you feeling lured?) It's underhanded and manipulative and media outlets do it all the time, which shows just what they think of us: that we're stupid, uncaring, and easily led. Let's hope they're not right.
