GWOD

[danalwyn]

From the BBC:

Kenya's military spokesman has said large groups of donkeys in Somalia will be considered "al-Shabab activity" following reports the militants are using the animals to transport weapons.

I'm normally against cruelty to animals, but the idea of some uniformed Kenyan officer standing on a platform in front of a "Global War On Donkeys" poster, with a map of Somalia with little cut-out donkeys velcroed onto it, waving a swagger stick at a television monitor showing gun camera footage of airplanes going after donkey herds just strikes me as inately hilarious.

Yes, there will be very real consequences for this. It's still hilarious.

Comments

[silverjackal]

...following reports the militants are using the animals to transport weapons...

Ignoring the fact that everyone uses donkeys for smaller loads and/or because they can't afford a camel? Donkeys are cheaper and more versatile than motorized vehicles, and *everywhere* in Somalia. Nice flimsy excuse for military action, there.

Heh. I appreciate the comedic value of your mental picture, particularly since the BBC News headline reads: "Kenya army warns of al-Shabab donkeys in Somalia". Who knew that donkeys were secretly Islamic militants?

[danalwyn]

Sounds like someone's doing some preliminary justification there, doesn't it? Like they know that given the quality of the Kenyan Air Force sooner or later someone's going to drop a bomb on some group of herders/refugees (well, another bomb), and that they better have an excuse ready. Like, hey, they had donkeys.

Meanwhile Somalia probably wishes that Kenya and Ethiopia could have their war somewhere else.