I don’t understand why some of you guys are shocked

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I will explain.
Money and with it, stability has been the main goal of AS and it has been for the past 10 years. They have consolidated areas under them and what has been the biggest reason why clans have fought against them? Their love of extortion. This is how they pay their troops.
The organisation is strong enough to take over all of Somalia, if there wouldn’t be direct outside interference. Only reason stopping them is the possible western (American) interventation, that would kill of the organisation. AS is strong enough to wipe out
now all of AMISOM easily. 20 000 troops in an unfamiliar territory with no air force, long term supplies and hardware advantage are sitting ducks. Their role is to slow down AS offense until cavalry arrives (western drones).
AS is the most capable and ruthless organisation in all of Somalia and even then, its a shitty ragtag militia that is made ultimately of calool ushaqeysteyaal. Their leadership will be at the negotiation table faster then a haramcad when FGS offers 100 million for ceasefire. If the rumoured 20 billion barrels are true, it will be worth close to 1 trillion US $. Nevermind other unexplored oil blocks.
FGS could then easily build an air force and meanwhile, buy shitload of drones. Jilib has been already bombed, imagine if FGS had the independent capability of bombing it everyday.
AS are cut from the cloth that the current somali political ”elite” (pile of rubbish). I do not believe them to be that much fanatical anymore, the number of true believers is not the majority. Matter of fact, somalis are calool ushaqeysteyaal.
Dad baahan gob ma ahan. Do you guys not think AS is not the same as the rest of Somalia?