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The U.S. and U.N. in Somalia
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December 4, 1992 President George Bush announced he was sending up to 28,000 US troops to
Somalia to help provide humanitarian relief in a strife-torn country where hundreds of
thousands of people had died of starvation. Not quite a year later, shortly after a failed
raid that took the lives of 18 American servicemen, President Bill Clinton announced an exit
strategy for the United States.
In less than a year, the United States went from welcomed savior to embattled occupier. How did this happen? What went wrong? How did a mission of mercy that won almost universal acclaim for its humanitarian intentions turn into another armed intervention in a developing country? Featured Experts:
David Evans, Military Correspondent
Sen. John Mccain,
(R-AZ)
Randall Robinson, Executive Director Produced:
December 12, 1993
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