Other International News- Africa

Terrorism is difficult. Its especially difficult when you its being waged halfway across the world, and multiple actors make any progress near impossible at best.
This is the case in Somalia. The U.S. supposedly wants a peacekeeping force in the region, but others think it will do nothing but inflame the tensions if it is not agreed upon by both parties.
Why do I bother to bring this up? Two reasons: first, the fact that all news around the world is important, and two, that this particular topic shows the worlds unwillingness to cross us when it comes to terrorism.

One EU official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said some member states shared Brussels’ misgivings but Security Council permanent members Britain and France were reluctant to oppose Washington openly because of the “terrorism issue”.

I must emphasis that the article does make clear that the US officials interviewed denyed wanting to mount an independent peacekeeping force. So a lot of this is hearsay at best.

But its still important to sit back and see how other countries handle the US when it comes to terrorism worldwide. I would argue that the Iraq war has crippled America's ability to work with other countries on fighting terrorism (don't get me started on the methods used to fight terrorism) .
Hopefully the American people can see what is happening, and demand that America no longer tries to go it alone on terrorism, and instead collaborate with others to complete our common goal.