Those Imperialist Ethiopians

It seems Ethiopia, now under its Christian name of Abyssinia, has had it with Somali Islamist jihadis.

According to Agence France Presse, Ethiopia is about to attack the Somali Islamists single-handed, on their own hook, and with assistance from nobody. On Thursday Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told the Ethiopian parliament that the Islamists represented “a clear threat to Ethiopia” and that the government had “completed the preparations” for full-scale war. The Islamists, who triggered the crisis by declaring Jihad on the Ethiopians, have (of all possible moves) turned to the United States for mediation. (My emphasis)

Seriously.

No word on whether these are the Black Hawk Down jihadis, or, like, totally different Islamist jihadis from Somalia. 'Cuz we'd want to be clear on that, wouldn't we?