[thoughtomator]

Well, duh! Isn't it obvious that the nature of the US failure in Mogadishu was the lack of political support? In pure military terms, those Rangers performed excellently - they were simply too badly outnumbered and not properly equipped for the task. No backup, no heavy weapons spelled death for those brave soldiers. We should never forget them, lest we have more lives sacrificed to political expediency.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Mogadishu flopped because it was a US-UN operation.