A more coherent strategy would involve cutting off al-Shabaab’s funding and addressing the grievances – such as human-rights abuses against Somalis, discrimination against Muslims, foreign meddling in Somalia, and corruption – that motivate its recruits. In a bizarre twist, al-Shabaab even called on Kenyans to prosecute their leaders for post-election bloodletting in 2007-2008.
韦斯特盖特袭击案应该会刺激肯尼亚领导人反思其索马里政策。更明确的战略应该包括切断索马里青年军的财源和遏制让索马里青年军壮大的怨气——比如针对索马里人的人权侵害、歧视穆斯林、对索马里的外部势力干预以及腐败。极度扭曲的索马里青年军甚至表示支持国际刑事法庭起诉肯尼亚领导人在2007—2008年选举后发生的流血事件中的罪行。