Absolutely. They are sabbaticals from the perspective that we didn't go into any of those places with proper training, proper tactics, sufficient equipment & technology, and above all, the will to kick the living shit out of our enemies until they said Uncle.
Gulf I was the best effort to achieve the above goals, and it still failed because we didn't have the stones to go into Iraq and grease Saddam. That was a mistake.
As to Somalia, Bosnia and Kosovo, those were on Clinton's watch. Every legitimate conservative on this forum knows what that means. The entire Clinton presidency was on a "Sabbatical". As in MIA, as in CYA, as in DOA for Gore.
Actually, Papa Bush started Somalia as a humanitarian photo-op.
It was the strangest and most disgusting misuse of the military that I've ever seen....
Marines and special forces landing on the beaches with their night-vision gear being chased around and harassed by pre-positioned reporters with their microphones, video-cams and floodlights trying to get an interview. What a stinkin' farce.
Yep, that was Papa Bush.
It was broadcast live on TV.