On Nov 30, 7:49 pm, Eregon wrote:
"Tom Gardner" wrote in news:r7E3j.25009$JD.7506
@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net:

Imagine what would be reported if the US had invaded Somalia to stop the
violence?

That kinda depends on who's in the White House: When Slick Willie did it,
he was hailed as a Savior by the US Press.

'Course, he wimped out as usual...

It was George H W Bush who invaded Somalia, staging an amphibious
invasion (read publicity stunt) in order to take control of an airport
that
was ALREADY under UN control. E.g. they could have just flown in.

He was happy to leave them there, facing an impossible situation,
hoping
that Clinton would be the one blamed when the situation went to hell.

He was right. Of course that doesn't exonerate Clinton for his
stupidity such as sending troops into combat in unarmored Humvees
getting 18 of them killed.

OTOH, he did learn from that mistake and never repeated it.

GW Bush on the other hand repeated that same mistake thousands
of times over in Iraq, with more than a hundred times as many dead
American soldiers to show for it.

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