BILL CLINTON'S CINDY SHEEHANS (courtesy Sean Hannity)

Sean Hannity Show-WABC, WorldNetDaily, PBS | 8.23.05 | Mia T (courtesy Sean Hannity)

[Mia T]

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[IronMan04]

It Was George H.W. Bush who first ordered US troops to Somalia in late 1992.

[bmwcyle]

It was Bill Clinton that turned and ran.

[Mia T]

That is true. But it was bill clinton who created the fiasco that bin Laden, himself, said emboldened him.

[hsalaw]

Bush41 sent them in on a humanitarian mission.

[coconutt2000]

The way I remember it, Clinton was responsible for expanding the mission in Somalia, and it was his White House that insisted on under manning, under equipping, and under armoring the expanded mission.

[MNlurker]

If I reacall correctly they were there only to assure that food made its way to the starving population (humanitarian). It was Clinton that turned it into a military operation.

[OldFriend]

After Aidid (sp?) attacked our troops, murdered our rangers, and slick willie cut and ran from Somalia, blaming the Rangers for being too aggressive......he gave safe plane rides to Aidid to various tribe meetings.

[eyespysomething]

"When Clinton heard they were in town, he called them into his office for a meeting and told them that part of the reason they were dead was their own fault," McKenny said. "He said they may have been responsible for their own deaths because they were 'too aggressive' in Mogadishu."

I am having to take deep breaths right now to try and not scream at my desk.

[silverleaf]

Les Aspin as Secretary of Defense...need we say more.

[IronMan04]

It was a bit more than a Humanitarian effort form Day 1:

Operation Restore Hope

United States President George Bush responded to Security Council resolution 794 (1992) with a decision on 4 December to initiate Operation Restore Hope, under which the United States would assume the unified command of the new operation in accordance with resolution 794(1992). The Secretary-General communicated to President Bush on 8 December his concept of a division of labour between the United Nations and the United States in the following terms: "The United States has undertaken to take the lead in creating the secure environment which is an inescapable condition for the United Nations to provide humanitarian relief and promote national reconciliation and economic reconstruction, objectives which have from the outset been included in the various Security Council resolutions on Somalia."

The first elements of the Unified Task Force (UNITAF) came ashore on the beaches of Mogadishu without opposition on 9 December 1992. On 13 December, United States forces had secured the airfield at Baledogle, and by 16 December they had seized Baidoa. The United States Central Command was following a four-phase programme to realize the objectives of securing major airports and seaports, key installations and food distribution points, and providing open and free passage of relief supplies, with security for convoys and relief organizations and those supplying humanitarian relief.

The number of United States forces were expected to build to approximately 28,000 personnel, to be augmented by some 17,000 UNITAF troops from over 20 countries. In addition to United States forces, UNITAF included military units from Australia, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Kuwait, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.

[silverleaf]

I remember a story about the women who called out "You killed those boys" to President Clinton as he walked by....and was later audited by the IRS.

Maybe someone has the details.

[clintonh8r]

He was the worst....until Bill (RINO) Cohen came along.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Pulling out of Somalia set the precedence for the terrorists. Give America a bloody nose and we leave.

[Rummyfan]

It was Clinton who expanded the mission to go after Aidid, yet refused to provide the tools (armor and air support) to get the job done. He thought that would appear 'too aggressive'! As*h*le! In eight years of Clinton Administration, the US military was deployed forty-four times around the world, compared with only eight foreign deployments in the previous post-WWII admins. And we STILL have troops in the Balkans and apparently they will be there forever, despite Clinton's claim that they would be home by Christmas when they were originally deployed. And his little air war in the Balkans was never even authorized by Congress!!!!

[Dahoser]

What page was that on in his $10 million roll of toilet paper?

[Rummyfan]

At least Aspin had the decency to resign after the Mogadishu fiasco.

[Crackingham]

Can we get over Clinton already?

[partyrepub]

And it was bill clinton who changed the rules of engagement and ordered our Rangers into a dangerous situation with out any support. Clinton lied and 3020 americans died.