> This is the whole point. Except for the Balkans and his failure in > Somalia, Clinton did nothing. So there were no conflicts. > > And what of the successes in the Balkans? Aren't we still there > "keeping > the peace"? If so, then how is that successful. Success to me is when > you go into a country, wage war, win and get out. Not wage an air > campaign, then send in some peacekeepers there for an undetermined > amount of time.
Nope most of the American soldiers have been drawn down. What is there in Kosovo and Bosnia are mostly Nato forces. As for the first WTC bombing, from what I remember they caught the people involved in it and the planners fairly quickly. Besides those missions were fairly successful - how much ethnic cleansing have you seen in Bosnia recently? Moreover the Mostar bridge has been rebuilt by both the Croat and the Bosnian governments, and Sarajevo is not getting pounded by artillery. That is a successful mission. Being a soldier doesn't mean just waging war. At least the way I was trained in the Canadian Armed Forces it means a lot more. Supporting the civilian authorities in times of disaster, assisting in humanitarian missions, peacekeeping, defending the nation and supporting the NATO mission are only a few. It does not mean being the equivalent of a war hungry mad dog. Furthermore the military's mission never meant just get out when the shooting was over.For instance look at how long the US was in Germany, - there was a four year gap between the end of WW2 and the start of the Cold War where the US was an occupying force. Similarly with Japan. You leave when its time not when the shooting is over. And not when political PR hacks hang a banner over the bridge of an Aircraft carrier that says "Mission Accomplished" when things are just getting started. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243688 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
