It is absurd to think that Al Shabaab poses any threat to the United States, so it is hard to see how any genuine U.S. security interests are being served by expanding our role in the war.
The U.S. isn’t fighting in Somalia to defend itself, and to the extent that Al Shabaab poses a threat to Americans in the region “it is our ongoing military presence in Somalia that makes Americans and American interests there a target of al-Shabaab.”
A similar logic drives our Russia policy, if you could call nuclear brinksmanship a "policy".
The U.S. isn’t fighting in Somalia to defend itself, and to the extent that Al Shabaab poses a threat to Americans in the region “it is our ongoing military presence in Somalia that makes Americans and American interests there a target of al-Shabaab.”
A similar logic drives our Russia policy, if you could call nuclear brinksmanship a "policy".