Stardate 20011219.0916 (On Screen): A German military official says that the next target for the US is going to be Somalia. He may well be right, and he implies that he's privy to our plans. My comment on this is that this is a good example of one of the reasons that we haven't been letting the Europeans in on our planning. If we had wanted that known, we'd have said it ourselves.
That said, there's a de-facto acknowledgement here that the US is not going to stop with Afghanistan. There was a point when the Europeans were hoping that we'd feel sated after tromping on the Taliban, and would stop fighting. It's clear they've given up on that idea and accepted that this war is not over. Which is true: it's hardly begun. This early success is very gratifying, but there is much yet to do. (discuss)
