Child molestation thing goes to show that there's little in the world that is entirely black and white.
Was wondering: Somali-Americans have complained about this film. They feel it portrays them as gutless murderers hiding behind women and children: people with no morals who kill for fun.
Considering the recent history or Africa, I don't think it is entirely unjustified to say that there is a proportionally large number of murderers and cowardly thugs that should be executed at sight, but I can see it from their POV. Must be irritating to have guilt by association from these chaps.
On the other hand, the book was very clear and made a clear cut distinction between the murderous limb-chopping thieving thugs with guns and the general population - who (and this we hear very little about) very much appreciated the effort of the US.
I think the US should have stayed a bit longer. That warlord had just lost maybe 1000 of his troops. He'd known that if a handful of men, greatly outnumbered and running out of ammo, fighting from a burning wreck could take out 1000 of his 'finest', they could take out the rest as well. I bet he'd be more willing to negotiate the next time.
The West have a responsibility to Africa. We did colonize and opress the African people. Yet I have this sense that the current political instability and ethnic murders (hutus and tutsi's, anyone?) is the result of their own squabbling: that the corruption of Africans is what is leading to instability, and with that, a hard time trying to attract investors. The question is: how much have the West caused, and how can it repay it? How much have the corrupt Africans caused - and genocide can never be repaid....
I dunno. I need to learn more about the African situation. Just general thoughts with little aim and even less precision.
