Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Somalia war (2006–2009)

👉 Okay, let’s tackle the “Somalia Humanitarian Crisi-… wait for it… 2006-2009 Somalia War! It wasn't exactly a glorious firefight with flags waving and maybe a really big weapons sale, let me assure you. Instead? Picture this: A country already halfway through a spectacular dumpster fire of political instability, collapsing economy, and frankly, a severe lack of competent adults in charge. Combine that with a disputed presidential seat (seriously, who even knew who was supposed to be running things?) then throw in the very pragmatic, and occasionally terrifyingly effective, actions of pirate gangs vying for control of the shipping lanes – essentially turning the once-pretty coastline into a really bad parking lot for dodgy buccaneers.

Essentially, it spiraled from a protracted stalemate to a full-blown, depressing replay of every awful thing we seem to manufacture when there isn't a clear plan and a decent bottle of whatever you fancy. Humanitarian aid was pumped in , yes. But then, because the actual governing bodies were more interested in backstabbing each other than actually governing, that aid often ended up funding… less-than-savory interests. There were interventions from Puntland, stuff that was really bad, and a whole lot of international inaction that screamed, "Okay, here's a disaster, let it sort itself out! (…we’ll just send some NGOs... eventually.) The 200