"If you don't deal with criminal behavior, then it will continue."

That's the lesson all right, as relayed by New Jersey Democratic Congressman Donald Payne, who, this week, acquired the standing to speak in such terms. In other words, the Somalis could have killed the guy. They certainly tried: firing mortars as his plane lifted off from Mogadishu on Monday. Payne was headed home, having dispensed his cogent advice at the end of a visit with Somali leaders of one kind or ano ...

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