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Originally posted by lendaddy
Like what? Not arguing, just looking for your perspective on these allowable or acceptable actions.
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Well, just take a look at how Bill Clinton used the troops.
Kosovo and Haiti and Macedonia turned out well, despite howls and hand-wringing and dire predictions from the neocons. Somalia? Well, we tried to do the right thing, and when we found out we were not only fighting the warlords, but the population in general, we left. There was a great hue and cry about 19 U.S. deaths, but at least we didn't compound it by continuing to throw troops in harm's way. Lots of people forget that the troops were put into Somalia in the first place by Bush. Sr.
We stayed out of Ethiopia and the Sudan, and I disagree with those decisions, since I think we could have helped, at little risk to ourselves.
As for Bush, I've always supported the about-face on Afghanistan, especially after W went from discussing a $41 million payoff to the Taliban in May of 2001 to an invasion when the Taliban wouldn't turn over OBL. I would have liked to have seen that mission (Afghanistan) accomplished before deploying significant numbers of troops in any other arena.