"Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in message
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"George Z. Bush" wrote in message
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I'm pretty sure we can agree that the nation building effort in
Somalia failed, in no small measure due to incompetant leadership
from the Clinton White house.

Have I got that right?

Yes, although perhaps some of Clinton's leadership failures could have been
attributed in part to his selection of Les Aspin as his first Secy. of Defense.
Aspin, in spite of a prior extensive Congressional exposure to military matters,
turned out to be an ineffectual civilian leader of the DOD who made mistake
after mistake. Those occurred at a time when Clinton needed strong civilian
leadership in the DOD to compensate for his prior lack of exposure to military
affairs. He obviously didn't get much.

George Z.

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