Another Vietnam Stewing?

One may be at first tempted to wonder at the "usefulness"(read: exploitability) of a nation such as Somalia. Much, according to this data: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/so.html Natural resources: uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves. Not to mention a certain strategic position at the head of the Red Sea.........

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