Campur-tangan Ethiopia telah mendapat dukungan kuat AS, Washington berpendapat Addis Ababa memiliki keprihatinan keamanan yang sah mengenai kemungkinan milisi Islam memiliki hubungan dengan Al-Qaeda.
The Ethiopian intervention has received tacit US support, with Washington arguing that Addis Ababa had legitimate security concerns about the possibility of Islamists with Al-Qaeda links gaining control of the country.