But there is much more to the story. In fact, retaliation against the militant group was little more than a convenient excuse to launch the so-called Jubaland Initiative, a plan to protect Kenya’s security and economic interests by carving out a semi-autonomous client state in southern Somalia.
考虑到这一点，如果肯尼亚政府的目的如其所说是摧毁索马里青年军，那么这场军事干预就是彻头彻尾的失败。但这并不是故事的全部。事实上，报复该军事组织无非是发动所谓的朱巴兰计划（Jubaland Initiative）的蹩脚借口，其目的在索马里南部扶植一个半自治附庸国以保护肯尼亚的安全和经济利益。