他是西方必不可少的对抗伊斯兰恐怖主义的盟友，2006年埃塞俄比亚对邻国索马里的军事行动是这一角色的巅峰之作。
He was an indispensable ally of the West in the fight against Islamist terrorism, culminating in Ethiopia’s military operation in neighboring Somalia in 2006.