I can't see Mogadishu as a victory and I couldn't care less what
President was in charge. 18 dead Americans and hundreds of dead
Somalis, many of them possibly innocent civilians. Rah, rah.
The Americans "won" because they were better trained and presumably
had better weapons. But as I understand it, the whole thing was a
mistake, with the Americans getting involved too deeply in local
politics. Nothing to be proud of that I can see.
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