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With more than a dozen soldiers dead and thousands more arriving to avenge their deaths, America is searching for answers (or excuses) as to why the humanitarian mission in Somalia has degenerated into a seemingly interminable bloodbath...
Certainly Clinton should not have let his mind wander away from close management of the operation in Somalia. But why didn't he pay more attention to what was happening there? Why didn't any of us pay more attention...
...refocus" the mission, as Clinton is doing now, is not to resolve the underlying problem with our activities in Somalia. Because the problem is not in Somalia...
...didn't I write about Somalia? Why didn't I even mention Somalia...
...than a leader who cares about the welfare of his troops, and who zealously guards the reputation of his institution. Powell's caution is fine if it consists mainly of rigorous examination of deployments before they begin. (This realism was apparently lacking when the Bush administration committed troops to Somalia without a serious plan to disarm the warlords...