Okay. I didn't read this before I asked you what your cultural values are. Let's apply what you just said to Somali and Japanese immigrants. Both believe in a hard work ethic. Both believe in frugality. Japan was historically pro family but the family in Japan has been breaking down lately. The family structure in Somalia is still very strong. In fact that's what caused the "Blackhawk Down" fiasco. U.N. Pakistani peace keepers were trying to disarm clan militias. (Pakistani peace keepers, incidentally, have a sordid history of child sex abuse). Aidid ambushed them. (I guess he liked the right to keep and bear arms). Bill Clinton decided to arrest Aidid. (That was none of our business). The other clan leaders met with Aidid to try to get him to surrender. The U.S. attacked the meeting place with helicopter gunships. A U.S. informant had said there were no women there that day...but he was wrong. That had the undesirable effect of uniting all of Mogadishu against the U.S. presence. That is the context of what happened before the incident of Blackhawk Down and the successful arrest of an Aidid lieutenant that turned into a desperate rescue attempt for downed helicopter pilots. But that is no more indicative of the Somali people as a culture than World War II was indicative of Japan and Germany.
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