Somalia May Be Kenya's Afghanistan, but Its Army Doesn't Get It

iMaverick (Johannesburg)- Kenya just doesn't seem to get it. Lost in the minutiae of military detail, a Kenyan army colonel claimed they were at the halfway point of their mission to rid Somalia of Al Shabaab. Have they learnt nothing from Afghanistan? Iraq? Vietnam? Weapons don't win wars any more, and until Kenya and its African allies figure out a political solution, Al Shabaab isn't going anywhere.