We are gathering up allies, it seems, to do something:
The United States is convening an international meeting in New York, to discuss the military successes in Somalia of the Islamic militia.
The talks come as the Islamists expand their grip on the country.They have seized much of southern Somalia, including the capital, from warlords who are widely believed to have the backing of the United States.
The UK and Tanzania are among those at the talks, but the Arab League and Kenya are unhappy at being excluded.
Kenya has played a crucial role in long-running Somali peace talks, which led to the formation of a fragile interim government, based in the town of Baidoa, because the capital, Mogadishu is too dangerous.
The story says we will not let Somalia become a "safe haven for terrorists."
Since our intervention will not be an invasion but instead be a special forces and aerial operation to support locals, we don't need to worry about further stretching our ground forces by counter-attacking to reverse the jihadi victory.
At most, we might see a Ranger battalion or some other type of infantry battalion in Djibouti and/or a Marine Expeditionary Unit offshore on call, just in case.
We will do something about this problem.
