Battle of Mogadishu

[Craig.]

October 3rd 1993 US forces storm a building in Mogadishu hoping to capture Mohammed Farah Aidid and his top Aides in an attempt to restore some stability to Somalia. The result was two downed Blackhawk Helicopters the loss of 18 US soldiers 1 captured and an estimated loss of over 600 Somali's.
http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/hi ... lia93.html

[Mynameisnemo]

Wasn't this the battle that the Film "Black Hawk Down" was based on?

Nemo ........reading while sleeping.......

[H]

Yes, Nemo, it was.

[Craig.]

which was actually based on a book.
The question would be, how many people would even have known about this incident had it not been for a movie.

[Woodlouse2002]

which was actually based on a book.
The question would be, how many people would even have known about this incident had it not been for a movie.

Me! I read the book.

[Flt.Lt.Andrew]

Clap clap for the handicap!
That's a right royal screwup right there, isnt it!

I read a story on rotten dot com, where a boy was suspended for asking one of the pilots (at a school assembly) "We you raped at all?"


A.

[ATI_7500]

No comment from my side on the "why".

[Bombardier101]

Nice one Andrew!


Helluva screwup though :-/

[Flt.Lt.Andrew]

Thanks Bombi!
Hehehe!


A.

[dcunning30]

which was actually based on a book.
The question would be, how many people would even have known about this incident had it not been for a movie.

I was following the news about it as it happened.....with great disgust!

It definately was a battle that changed the world.  No doubt about it!

[Woodlouse2002]

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It definately was a battle that changed the world.

[dcunning30]

I doubt it. Nothing really changed after the battle except public opinion forced the Americans to withdraw soon after therefore allowing just about everything to revert to how it was before it even began.

Osama Bin Laden concluded that Americans won't tolerate dead Americans, therefore America has no stomach for a fight.  If there was ever a green light to plan and carry out the 9/11 attack, it was how we cut and ran in Mogadishu.

The first part of my statement is a fact, the second part is my opinion based on the previous fact.

[Scorpiоn]

The question would be, how many people would even have known about this incident had it not been for a movie.

Not me!  America has so many little Special Forces operations against villages of brown people it's not worth keeping track of.  How many conflicts or incidents have we (America) had between Korea and Vietnam (which was itself officially a conflict)?  Between World War II and today?  I shudder to think.

Osama Bin Laden concluded that Americans won't tolerate dead Americans, therefore America has no stomach for a fight.  If there was ever a green light to plan and carry out the 9/11 attack, it was how we cut and ran in Mogadishu.

It's what I (or any other half competent commander) would've done.  And as we all know, Sir bin Laden is no boob.

[dcunning30]

America has so many little Special Forces operations against villages of brown people it's not worth keeping track of.

What does that suppose to mean?

[Felix/FFDS]

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Not me!