wallace: bin laden says it showed the weakness of the us…
clinton: it would have shown the weakness if we left right away but he wasn’t involved in that. that’s just a bunch of bull. that was about mohammed adid, a muslim war lord murdering..thousands of pakistani muslim troops.
"al-qaeda doesn't appear to have taken any direct role in the fighting, but several senior al-qaeda fighters traveled to somalia from sudan to train militiamen there in techniques they employed against the soviets during the afghan war.
in particular, they trained the militiamen in the use of unguided rocket-propelled grenades, or rpgs, as an anti-helicopter weapon.
the tactic came as a surprise to american forces in somalia, and rpgs were credited with downing the two black hawks.
the u.s. government did not learn of al-qaeda's role in the attack until 1996, presumably from jamal ahmed al-fadl." -- http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/profiles/black_hawk_down.htm
clinton: we were all there on a humanitarian mission. we had not one mission — none — to establish a certain kind of somali government or to keep anybody out.
"the somalia un venture is an unprecedented enterprise aimed at nothing less than restoration of an entire country, for which we are proud, functioning and viable member of the community of nations". --madelaine albright
"united nations operation in somalia ii
unosom ii (march 1993 - march 1995)
unosom ii was established in march 1993 to take appropriate action, including enforcement measures, to establish throughout somalia a secure environment for humanitarian assistance. to that end, unosom ii was to complete, through disarmament and reconciliation, the task begun by the unified task force for the restoration of peace, stability, law and order. unosom ii was withdrawn in early march 1995." --un.org
Red, black, red, black, stop playing with HTML and say what's on your damn mind.
Jrby--we can all start working together once we get the crooks and the liars out of Congress and the White House.
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