How It’s Done

As you’ll recall, back in December, the government of Ethiopia made conservatives across the land happy by proving that if you put aside liberal qualms, it’s easy for foreign invaders to crush a domestic Islamist movement. Or something: “Artillery fire rocked Mogadishu on Saturday as Ethiopian and Somali troops launched a third day of a major offensive against Islamist insurgents and clan militiamen that has killed scores of civilians.” Alternatively, nobody likes a foreign invader.