Warlords believed they could manipulate outside intervention to their advantage

Evidence

This deteriorating situation jolted U.N.I.T.A.F. troops into patrolling more aggressively, disarming townsmen who were carrying weapons, and raiding the notorious arms market in Mogadishu. One of Aideed’s encampments was destroyed, and a contingent of Morgan’s militia attacked to prevent it seizing Kismayu. … Oakley attempted to counter criticism of his selective disarmament by saying that he was ‘bird plucking’, proceeding gradually, feather by feather. Dealing directly with the warlords, he seems to have felt that for all the formidable force at his disposal, they were by no means decisively quelled. On the contrary, indeed, despite the disparity in firepower, they appeared to believe that, as usual, they could manipulate external intervention to their advantage. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 630

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Southern Somali warlords reject peace because they profit from maintaining conflict; Warlord extortion of aid modernized the old abbaan protector system — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 625; Popular desire for any government could not overcome warlord domination. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 685 (+2 more)

Related

• Southern Somali warlords reject peace because they profit from maintaining conflict (similarity 0.86)
• Popular desire for any government could not overcome warlord domination. (similarity 0.81)
• Warlord extortion of aid modernized the old abbaan protector system (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Popular desire for any government could not overcome warlord domination. #corroborates (0.70) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 685
• Invoking the king was a logical political strategy against local masters #exemplifies (0.35)