Why do you guys always omit the fact that:
1. USC was backed and armed by Ethiopia, Aideed even allowed their forces to breach the border.
2. Al-Shabab wasn't established after the invasion of Ethiopia, but in 2003?
I'll try to break it down as best as I can so you can understand.
ICU moderate faction headed by Sheikh Shareef? Absolutely fine, no one had a problem with the moderates.
ICU extremists calling for an absolute jihad against Puntland, Somaliland, Kenya & Ethiopia? Towards the end of their tenure, the extremists were calling the shots and chased the moderates off, why do you think so many Somalis abandoned the ICU and joined the TFG? Cause no one was willing to ally themselves with or tolerate extremists who bomb Somali universities, hospitals, swimming pools, police stations etc.
Al-Shabab is the exact reason why the ICU had to be crushed, and good riddance for that.