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To: Pukin Dog
The Somalia point was a miss. Politicians denied armor support to the forces, and they were creamed. Blackhawk Down did a pretty good impression of what it feels like when politicians call the warriors shots.

I liked the lion BBQ. And the SF guy's attitude at the end.

DK
13 posted on 01/19/2004 7:59:20 AM PST by Dark Knight
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To: Dark Knight
If you like reading books, you should read Mission Compromised by Ollie North. He displays the contempt of the Clinton administration for the military and I was AMAZED And disgusted at this. After reading this, I cannot believe that some conservatives on here would even think of sitting out the elections and possibly giving us a Rat for president.
17 posted on 01/19/2004 8:11:07 AM PST by futureceo31
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To: Dark Knight
Hmm...the impression I got from Bowden's book and the myriad of materials is that armor would not alone have rectified the problem. It's not helpful to zero it in on a single cause. The point he's making here is that the the mission creep idea of starting out something for one reason and then letting another one come in (the idea of getting Aideed, which was a far more significant instance of politicians calling the shots) complicated the mission.
31 posted on 01/19/2004 9:22:59 AM PST by Herodotus
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