A version of this perspective was echoed in the analysis from the website Somalia Newsroom, which argued that the Westgate attack was inevitable blowback from Kenya's continued operations in Somalia. 
Namna nyingine ya mtazamo huu ilisikika katika uchambuzi wa tovuti ya Somalia Newsroom, ilisema kwamba shambulio la Westgate lilikuwa ni shambuli la kisasi lisilokwepeka kufuatia operesheni ya Kenya inayoendelea Somalia.