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Originally Posted by pgardn
We have and will continue to do the wrong thing. We strive to do it right. We have backed some hideous killers you are correct.
So why did we drop Marines in Somalia to BEGIN with? and that is not the reason we keep pestering China. The USSR is gone. So why dont we just lay off and get that trade that other countries step in for?
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Quick history lesson:
The US supported the ousted leader Barre from 1978 until he was overthrown in 2001. We backed him to a tune of 900 million dollars while he killed, raped and pillaged.
In the ensuing Melee', the US wanted to take control of the southern part of the red sea but more importantly the Suez Canal.
The marines were there so that a religious fundamentalist wouldnt take over thus preventing the US from possibly mining for oil to the north.
Maybe you didnt know this.