Spin it, Somalia!

I certainly share Kurt's sympathy for the Somali people  who aren't getting their customary dainties at the post-sundown feasts of Ramadan.

Shortly after he posted, I ran across a later story. The sane world sent food to a Somali refugee camp. Somali soldiers were on hand to guard the supplies but decided to steal them instead. Hungry civilians protested, so the soldiers shot them dead.

Vile, of course, but I don't think it's the real story.

The country's president and prime minister rushed to the camp and planned to speak to journalists.

This marks progress. Somali politicians are learning from from the great democracies. When things go to Hell; when your citizens are starving; when your army mows down your people, why, the thing to do is organize a press conference. Call it the Al Sharpton solution.