Vanished!

Anyone who is surprised at this turn of events has obviously not been paying attention.

"The Islamist forces who have controlled much of Somalia in recent months suddenly vanished from the streets of the capital, Mogadishu, residents said Wednesday night, just as thousands of rival troops massed 15 miles away...Even so, the Islamists, who have been regarded as a regional menace by Ethiopia and the United States, had repeatedly vowed to fight to the death for their religion and their land, making their disappearance that much more unexpected. "

What strikes me as sad, but not surprising is that the vast majority of the Islamists troops were teen-agers - children really. Sadly this is not unusual for Islamist armies.

And that is one of the many, many reasons why the average American mom (and dad) don't have a lot of sympathy for the majority of Muslims. Until such time as "mainstream" Muslims (like Rep. Elect Keith Ellison) start speaking out against this behavior in the name of their God, Muslims will find it hard going gaining ground with mainstream America.