US Dropped $10 Billion and 42 American Lives into the Somali Black Hole

If you want a masterclass in how Washington turns a fake crisis into an endless money pit and graveyard for American heroes, look no further than Somalia.

A phony famine [yes seriously] sucked us into the Horn of Africa mess, and decades later, we still can't seem to find the exit door.

Back in 2024, the Biden crew was actually bragging that "the U.S. government is the single largest donor of humanitarian assistance to Somalia." 

Shocker. The year before that we sent $1.1 billion down the drain. And the pattern goes way back. Spending jumped from a modest $103 million under a Republican House to $300 million once Pelosi's Democrats took the wheel. By 2017 we were past half a billion, 2018 topped $800 million, and by 2020, right around the time Rep. Ilhan Omar settled into her congressional seat, we blew past the $1 billion annual mark.

Over the last decade alone we spent $9.3 billion, and since 9/11 we blew over $10 billion. 

Even with the second Trump administration trying to slam the brakes, another $150 million got earmarked for 2025. We've been shoveling "humanitarian" cash at Somalia’s never-ending (and highly questionable) famines, while also making it one of the top recipients of security aid in sub-Saharan Africa, despite plenty of other places being far more chaotic.

Here's the dirty little secret: the explosion in spending tracks perfectly with the rising political clout of Somali immigrants in key American states. And the whole disastrous saga traces straight back to Maine.

Democrat Sen. George Mitchell, partial Lebanese Arab heritage and all, became the chief cheerleader for intervention after the UN manufactured a famine scare, insisting millions of Somalis were "on the brink of starving to death." The former director of OFDA (USAID's predecessor) called it "the worst humanitarian disaster in the world today." 

Reality check: there was no mass famine. Food shortages were isolated to a few rural pockets, not Mogadishu, where we stupidly sent our troops. The real trigger was the fall of dictator Mohammed Siad Barre’s regime and the ensuing civil war. Somali elites, including Rep. Omar's father, one of Barre's colonels, fled to the U.S., landing in places like Minnesota and Maine. They built influence fast and lobbied hard: intervene now, or millions die!

Mitchell pushed the mission like someone pushing a rope as if it's a shopping cart with square wheels. He defended the growing Somali community against immigration restrictions, and refused to pull troops even as things went south. The intervention cost the lives of "thirty American soldiers, four marines, and eight Air Force personnel."

Here's a grim visual reminder of what that political pressure delivered:

Omar: her husband wants her to see other relatives

It quickly morphed into something far uglier: a proxy war pushed by Somali Darod exiles (the clan of Rep. Omar and much of the old ruling class) against Mohamed Farrah Aidid. "Warlord" for sure, but no more than the others. The difference is that he was systematically taking out the Darod power players, and they wanted him gone.

A reluctant President George H.W. Bush caved to the pressure and sent 26,000 troops. Original cost estimate: $200 million, while the actual bill came to $885 million (over $2 billion in today’s dollars). Bush funded it by slashing C-130 production and defense research, a move so stupid that the Democrats loved it.

Then came the UN tether: American forces got tied to Pakistani "peacekeepers" whose government backed Aidid's rivals. They picked a fight over a radio station, sparking a clash. We jumped in to back them up, and boom, the Battle of Mogadishu.

Eighteen Americans killed, bodies dragged through the streets, 84 wounded. The worst single-day loss since Vietnam. And yes, Al Qaeda operatives were right there on the ground. Bin Laden watched, concluded America was paper-tiger weak, and the path to 9/11 got shorter.

The supposed 4.5 million starving Somalis was pure codswallop, just like the UN's later fake-famine claims in Gaza, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen. By 1996 the population had actually grown by about 500,000 since the civil war started. Up nearly 20% by decade's end. Not exactly famine stats. The 300,000 "famine deaths" claim came mostly from malaria, according to aid workers on the ground.

Dozens of American soldiers died for a lie sold by Somali clan operatives here at home.

Now they want us to fund the African Union peacekeeping mission. The UN's latest budget proposal is a "modest" $102.8 million, but costs always balloon.

We're supposedly there to help the Somali regime battle Al-Shabaab (local Al Qaeda flavor). Except it's all clan warfare dressed up as counterterrorism. Al-Shabaab gets Iranian backing; the regime gets Turkey and Qatar. Terrorists fighting terrorists. What could go wrong?

Meanwhile, Somali Christians live in hiding, underground churches, constant death threats. One Somali Christian put it bluntly: "Outwardly, all Somali Muslims must support attacks on Somali Christians because otherwise they may not be seen as Muslim." 

Their scripture dictates it and so they must obey.

Our troops aren't protecting them. They're propping up Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, the same guy who publicly declared "Hamas is not a terrorist outfit but rather a movement for the liberation of its territory and people" and praised the blood in Gaza as heralding the "forthcoming liberation of the Al-Aqsa Mosque."

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Bottom line: America bled treasure and lives for a nonexistent famine, set the stage for 9/11, and got dragged into endless "stabilization" to counter Somali pirates, terrorists, and the very refugees whose communities have cost taxpayers billions through fraud schemes, from Minnesota welfare meal scams ($250 million alone) to housing and autism rackets. 

Somalia's officials got busted embezzling $21 million and branded "very corrupt." Meanwhile, Somalis in Minnesota and Ohio allegedly embezzled billions more, no wonder their foreign minister, UN ambassador, and deputy speaker have all been linked to shady health care companies here.

We gave Somalia billions. Then Somalis took billions from us. After 42 American lives and over $10 billion flushed away, it’s long past time to get Somalia out of America, and get America the hell out of Somalia.

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Somali fraud in MN under Tampon Tim now $7B worse and growing

"Show me the money"

Hey guys, Minnesota was always known as the state of 10,000 lakes, but now, under Tampon Tim Walz, it has become the state of 10,000 fraudsters. The latest tab has now hit over eight billion dollars! 

Let's recap this slow-motion train wreck. 

First we had the $250 million Feeding Our Future scam, where "nonprofits" were supposedly feeding starving kids but were actually buying Lamborghinis and lake houses. Then City Journal drops the bomb that Somali-linked grifters have been looting the Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program like it's an ATM, and, oh by the way, allegedly wiring millions of those dollars straight to Al-Shabaab terrorists in East Africa. Merry Christmas from Minneapolis. Oh wait--happy Ramadan.

But there's more! Fox News now says the real number isn't one billion. It isn't two billion. Whistleblowers are telling Congress it could top eight billion dollars when all the receipts are in."Fraud investigators are finding in Minnesota is growing by the day," Fox News National Correspondent Garrett Tenney reported. "Kelly Loeffler, who leads the Small Business Administration, says in the two days her agency has been investigating the state, they've uncovered at least $1 million in PPP fraud." And whistleblowers say the grand total "could total up to more than $8 billion."

Meanwhile, Governor Jazz Hands is out there doing his best aw-shucks routine, pretending everything's fine because Minnesota still ranks high in "happiness" or ignorance is bliss, or whatever nonsense metric he's clinging to.

"And in spite of the headwinds we're up against, Minnesota ranks economically, economic growth, happiness, number of people insured, education levels near the very top," Walz bragged to reporters, conveniently forgetting to subtract the eight billion that just walked out the door, and especially failing to mention where it went.

Then he tried the tough-guy act: "If folks are going to commit crimes here, thinking because our generous spirit and our programs that we have is going to give them some kind of cover, they are sadly mistaken."

Translation: After we've already handed terrorists and fraudsters the keys to the treasury for six years, now, now we’re gonna get serious, guys. Pinky swear.

And of course, no Minnesota scandal would be complete without everyone's favorite America-last congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, whose district just happens to be ground zero for a lot of this. 

When Jake Tapper actually pressed her on it, she gave the most Ilhan Omar answer imaginable:"I think what happened, um, is that, you know, when you have these, kind of new programs that are, um, designed to help people, you're oftentimes relying on third parties to be able to facilitate," Omar stammered. "And I just think that a lot of the COVID programs that were set up, they were set up so quickly that a lot of the guardrails did not get created."

Right. Because nothing says "we had no choice" like allowing billions to vanish into the hands of people who hate America while you look the other way for years.

Tim Walz spent the campaign telling us he's just a friendly Midwest dad who loves flannel and hotdish. Turns out he's the guy who turned Minnesota into the world's most generous terrorist GoFundMe while pretending none of it was happening.

Eight billion dollars. Gone. And these people want you to put them in charge of the entire country. 

Hard pass.

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Is Tim Walz toast?

Oh, sweet merciful crap, Tim Walz might finally be cooked, and not just from all that hotdish he pretends to love.

Remember when Tampon Tim was out there doing his aw-shucks Midwestern dad routine, floating a 2028 presidential run like he's the second coming of Hubert Humphrey? Yeah, about that. The new betting line in Minnesota isn’t "Will Walz run for president?" It’s "Will Walz finish his term without wearing an orange jumpsuit that clashes with his Carhartt cosplay?"

Because now over 400 employees from his own Department of Human Services have gone full Roman tribunal on his sorry butt, declaring in no uncertain terms that "Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota."

You read that right. Not "kinda-sorta," not "shared responsibility," not "oopsie-daisy, the dog ate the oversight." One hundred percent responsible. 

We're talking about a Medicaid fraud scandal so gargantuan it makes Feeding Our Future look like some kid stealing lunch money. Somali "clinics" in the Twin Cities allegedly siphoned hundreds of millions, possibly billions, from autism programs, kicked back cash to parents to keep quiet, and (plot twist!) funneled taxpayer dollars straight to Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda affiliate that likes turning shopping malls into slaughterhouses. One 29-year-old genius alone is accused of pocketing $14 million for fake autism treatments. That's not fraud, that's a Somali terrorist GoFundMe with extra steps.

And here’s the kicker: whistleblowers say they ran straight to Walz early on, begging him to do something. His response? According to the employees, they "got the opposite response." Instead of help, Walz "systematically retaliated against whistleblowers using monitoring, threats, repression," while his DFL cronies and the obedient Star Tribune lapdogs circled the wagons.

These poor souls say Walz deliberately neutered the Legislative Auditor, installed loyal hacks who "willfully disregarded rules and laws to keep fraud reports quiet," and built a culture where anyone who squealed got reassigned, threatened, or silenced. Their money quote on the governor: "Fundamentally, Tim Walz is dishonest, lacks ethics and integrity." That isn't a resignation letter, that’s a political obituary.

Even the Minnesota GOP congressional delegation, led by Tom Emmer, is demanding federal investigators crawl so far up Walz's khakis they can read the tag.

When four hundred of your own people are willing to torch their careers to scream from the rooftops that you're a corrupt, retaliatory liar who looked the other way while taxpayer money funded terrorists… you’re clearly not eyeing the White House anymore. You're just hoping the feds let you keep the lake cabin.

Tim Walz always bragged about "One Minnesota." Turns out that one Minnesota includes a governor who's allegedly 100% cool with fraud, terrorism financing, and crushing anyone brave enough to rat him out.

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Trump takes out nuke facilities, Dems want to take out Trump: but Obama did what?

As soon as President Donald Trump does something strong that the left doesn't agree with, the Democrat idiots in office want to impeach him. Meanwhile, former President Barack Hussein Obama pretty much had carte blanche when it came for the US to use its military might and the left was totally okay with it. So something tells me Democrats are some of the worst hypocrites in the history of mankind. 

Hyperbole? I don't think so.

As president, Obama authorized a number of military actions and counterterrorism operations. I have listed an overview of key attacks and ops he ordered when he was busy dividing the nation racially.

First, Obama dramatically expanded the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists, mainly targeting al-Qaeda, the Taliban and eventually ISIS affiliates.

Secondly, he ordered literally hundreds of targeted strikes against militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, killing key al-Qaeda and Taliban people such as Baitullah Mehsud, in 2009. Conservative estimates believe 2,500 to 4,000 people were killed, including civilians.

Thirdly, in Yemen, strikes were launched targeting al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which include the 2011 elimination of Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen and AQAP honcho.

Next, in Somalia, drones struck al-Shabaab scumcrumpets, and operations increased after the 2011 famine and piracy threats. Of course, these strikes were controversial because they involved civilian casualties.

Operation Neptune Spear, aka the Bin Laden Raid, went down on May 2, 2011 and was ordered by Obama. The U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six raided Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, resulting in bin Laden's death and a huge success in the fight against Islamic terrorism.

Then Obama, in 2011, authorized U.S. participation in NATO-led airstrikes to enforce a UN-mandated no-fly zone during the Libyan Civil War. Operation Odyssey Dawn targeted Muammar Gaddafi's forces in order to protect civilians. This eventually led to Gaddafi's overthrow. The U.S. conducted airstrikes along with logistical support.

Operation Observant Compass, between 2011 to 2017, sent about 100 U.S. military advisors to assist African troops in fighting the Lord's Resistance Army [LRA] in Central Africa. The main target was their leader, Joseph Kony, and while no direct combat was authorized, U.S. forces provided intelligence and support.

Between 2014 and 2017, the Obama administration conducted a military campaign against ISIS. In Operation Inherent Resolve [2014] the U.S. conducted airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, targeting ISIS strongholds, and also to protect Yazidis in Sinjar [where I throw a quarter into whenever I use bad language] and our personnel in Erbil. We also conducted a special operation in 2015 in Syria that killed ISIS leader Abu Sayyaf. By 2017, we flew thousands of airstrikes and significantly weakened ISIS's control.

Going back to 2009, Obama ordered an additional 30,000 boots on the ground to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban. Our presence at that time was around 100,000. 

Now let us be clear; I supported Obama's moves against terrorism and their leaders. But there is that double standard when it comes to President Trump. 

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Obama's ordered strikes had a significant number of civilian casualties and even sparked debate among human rights groups. Trump's ordered attack on nuclear sites did not result in civilian casualties and was not a declaration of war, like AOC and her idiot friends accuse Trump of unconstitutionally circumventing Congress.

Obama's actions were significantly closer to war than Trump's by a country mile, but he was the untouchable Obama.

Hypocrisy much?

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UPDATE: At least 23 killed in Mogadishu

Photo: AP

Mogadishu, Somalia -- Various news services have different accounts of the number of dead killed in Somalia's capital. The AP says 18 were killed, ABC News says 17 and the LA Times says 13 are dead. 

UPDATE: The number of dead, according to Mogadishu police, has been raised to 23 and the number wounded 30.

It isn't unusual to be confused in the beginning of such a horrible event, but one thing we know for certain is that al-Shabaab is taking credit for the attack.

A suicide car bomb was detonated outside a popular hotel on Saturday killing at least 18 and wounding at least 30 people. Gunfire could be heard inside, police said. A second device exploded minutes later at around 5:30 p.m. 

The hotel is located in the neighborhood of the presidential palace, located about 600 meters away (about 1968 feet).

The attack occurred outside the Nasa-Hablod hotel, a place often frequented by politicians and members of the city's elite, Capt. Mohamed Hussein explained to the press.

Photo: AP

At about 6:00 p.m. Capt. Hussein said that a senior Somali police colonel and a lawmaker were killed in the attack.

Around 6:30 p.m. was when al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. And just about 15 minutes later, the terror group said there were other fighters in the building and gunfire could be heard. And about 45 minutes later, police said a third blast was heard inside the hotel.

It was believed to be five attackers in total and of these, two have been killed.

Just about 2 weeks ago a truck bomb killed 350 people in the name of Islam.


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Somalia's deadliest Islamic terrorist attack: 276 dead

An incredibly massive bomb blast, the likes of which have never been seen in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu has killed 276 people and injured around 300 more, the Somali information minister said Monday. This is the deadliest single attack in the Horn of Africa nation and the death toll could rise higher.

Minister of Information, Abdirahman Osman, called the attack "barbaric" and if you consider the word, he isn't totally wrong. 

The Ottoman Corsairs Barbary pirates, from where the word is derived, operated from North Africa and were mainly based in ports of Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, Salé and Rabat. The area was known as the Barbary Coast, a term derived from the Berber natives. Their predatory behavior extended throughout the Mediterranean.

They seized ships and engaged in Razzias, raids on European coastal towns and villages, mostly in Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, and they even went as far as the British Isles and the Netherlands.

The main purpose for the attacks was to capture Christian slaves for the Ottoman slave trade and the general Muslim slavery market in North Africa and Middle East.

And although this attack wasn't meant to capture anyone, but meant to kill as many people as possible, the actors in the attack were of the same religion and mindset as their predecessors.  

So yes, it was a barbaric attack. All jihadi attacks are barbaric and done in the name of religion. A truck bomb targeted a crowded street near major government ministries.

According to Osman, Turkey and Kenya have already offered to send medical assistance.

The Somali government blames al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab for the attack that it's now calling a "national disaster." The terror group vowed to increase attacks after President Trump and Somalia's recently elected president said they will introduce new military efforts against them.

"Nearly all of the wounded victims have serious wounds," Samir Abdi, a nurse tending to the wounded said. "Unspeakable horrors." The wounds were horrific.

Rescue workers searched for survivors trapped under rubble of the Safari Hotel--it was mostly destroyed and is close to Somalia's foreign ministry.

Not surprisingly, the United States and the U.N. condemned the bombing. The U.S. sounding a lot like the Obama administration used words and said "such cowardly attacks reinvigorate the commitment of the United States to assist our Somali and African Union partners to combat the scourge of terrorism."

I'm sure John Kerry was happy to hear us use words that he so often used. Only we forgot to add that we condemned it "in the strongest possible terms." That should scare the hell out of al Shabaab.

Spokesman for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the attack, causing many al-Shabaab jihadis to commit suicide out of fear of being strongly condemned. 

Wait . . . no, they didn't. But at least we're still using the same strong words.


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BREAKING: Al Shabaab kills at least 9, injures 10 at Somalia hotel

Nairobi, Kenya -- Nine dead, ten injured by suicide attack at the Sahafi Hotel in Mogadishu, the capital of Somali, a police official said.

Anyone willing to wear explosives on their body, or drive an explosive-filled vehicle to kill others, knowing full-well that they don't stand a chance in hell of not being blown to shreds once they set it off, has either got to be crazy, mentally challenged, or believe that this act will ensure them an eternal afterlife. 

Or perhaps all three.

Capt. Mohamed Hussein (no known relation to Barack Hussein Obama) said the attack began at dawn when a suicide bomber detonated the explosive-laden vehicle at the hotel gate. Next, gunmen on foot shot at people in the hotel, hoping their jihad would get them into Paradise.

"They have killed the owner of the hotel, a former military general and other officials during the attack," Capt. Hussein said. "There's a hostage situation inside the hotel."

Al-Shabaab, (an Arabic term meaning "the Youth) and a group aligned with al-Qaeda (practically destroyed by Obama's own hands) claimed to have waged the attack against the U.N.-backed government, using their website to make the claim.

This is not the first time this hotel has been targeted as it is used by government officials and business executives.

Presently, there are Somali and African Union forces at the scene of the religious jihad attack, according to the African Union Mission in Somalia, who posted on Twitter.

Anyone who believes that Al Shabaab, al-Qaeda, ISIS and all the other Islamic terror groups are not true Islam, ought to read about Islam before making that suicidal claim.

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Al-Shabaab holding many Christians alive, for now

The folks of Al-Shabaab are at it again. Now they're holding "many Christians alive" after they claim to be the group responsible for theThursday attack of Garissa University (Go Rhinos!) in eastern Kenya, the place where Barack Obama may or may not have been born.

The attack, orchestrated by orthodox worshippers of the religion of peace, killed 15 and seriously injured dozens more. At present, Kenya security forces are trying to get at the jihadist gunmen in one of the university dorms.

Al-Shabaab spokes terrorist, Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, told Sky News,

(the Fox News that speaks your language overseas): "We are also holding many Christians alive. Fighting still goes on inside the college."

The vice chairman of the Garissa U. student union, Collins Wetangula, said that he could hear the Muslim fighters opening doors and asking the students who had been hiding inside if they were Muslims or Christians. 

"If you were a Christian, you were shot on the spot," Wetangula said, adding that he thought he was going to die with each gunshot he heard.

Michael Bwana, 20, said that he was able to escape and tried to phone friends. But the phones were either switched off or in the possession of the Islamic terrorists.

Bwana told the press, "Most of the people still inside there are girls." 

The question now remains, will they kill the girls or sell them as slaves? Remember, these Al-Shabaab folks follow the path of their prophet very closely and this is what happens to women in Islamic captivity.

It isn't much better for them even when they're not in captivity but living with one of these barbarians.

An Al-Shabaaber spokes killer told the BBC that the attack on the school was done because "it's on Muslim land colonized by non-Muslims." He also said that after separating the Muslims from the Christians, 15 Muslims were set free with their heads intact.

Cabinet Interior Secretary C.S. Nkaissery said in a statement that "280 of the 815 students have been accounted for," which means if you've done the math, that 535 are still missing.

Most of the Garissa students are Christian, a source told Fox News. There were no less than 5 Muslim terrorists in the carnage and it appears that they are cornered in one dorm.

I received a lot of angry tweets last night with an assertion I made that mentioned the intolerance of Islam toward other religions. The most anger was voiced by Muslims who accused me of claiming that they were intolerant.

I don't believe they understand the difference between Islam and Muslim. One is a religion and the other is a person. The religion is intolerant; the Muslim has a choice.


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