Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships - Page 6

glatt · 06-22-2010, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

For your argument to be consistent, Clinton would also have ignored Somalia, also in Africa. He didn't.

He inherited Somalia and pulled out when things soured.

classicman · 06-21-2010, 08:34 PM

That is correct - their intel was faulty and they claimed they were told by the US that they were peaceful - hence the boarded with paintball guns instead of real weapons. Its back there somewhere in a link previously posted. I'm too lazy to go find it now.

TheMercenary · 06-22-2010, 08:53 AM

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He inherited Somalia and pulled out when things soured.

We were not in Somalia because of a genocide. At least that is not what we were briefed.

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classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	That is correct - their intel was faulty and they claimed they were told by the US that they were peaceful - hence the boarded with paintball guns instead of real weapons. Its back there somewhere in a link previously posted. I'm too lazy to go find it now. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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