[kidd]

I thought this was a good article until I read:

Thus, despite any lofty suggestions that those 18 American men died in Somalia for “freedom,” the truth is that the U.S. government sent them to their deaths for a worthless cause.

After that, this is a big pile of peacenik crappola. And because the conclusion is a big pile of peacenik crappola, the entire article is a big pile of peacenik crappola.

Why are we in Afganistan??? Maybe enough American citizens didn't die on American soil for you. Maybe we should just roll over and let them keep attacking us. How many would have to die for you to believe that retalitory strikes were needed? How many terror attacks have occurred since we entered Afganistan (Answer for stupid peaceniks: zero)??

I can't believe that I'm reading support for this article on this website.

[sheltonmac]

I don't understand how you can label this as a "big pile of peacenik crappola." The author simply raises some interesting points. Are we to blindly accept any action the government decides to take? What's wrong with questioning our government's actions? If our soldiers didn't die in Somalia for some worthless cause, what exactly did they die for? I challenge anyone to make the case that they were in Somalia fighting for our freedom. If anything, they were in Somalia fighting for someone else's freedom, and that has nothing to do with their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. As far as our actions in Afghanistan, I have no qualms about destroying those responsible. I do, however, have reservations about expanding our actions into some generic global war on terrorism with no definable objective. Sorry, but I don't see how that qualifies as peacenik crappola.

[Demidog]

So if you think that this article is "crapola", please give us your expert opinion on what in the world we were doing in Somolia. How were you personally being helped? Use lots of paper. Show us your work.