From the article:
"The U.S. was too narrowly focused on counterterrorism capabilities and missed the bigger picture - that we were building a paper tiger," said Todd Moss, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and a former U.S. State Department official.
"The EU focus on building a foundation for the security forces is welcome, but it's a larger and more ambitious project that will require resources and staying power. Will they have it? I just don't know."EU officials say they are building on their success in training 3,000 Somali soldiers in Uganda to form the core of the national army which, alongside peacekeepers, has pushed back al Qaeda-linked militants.
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