Bush’s Somalia mission to save ‘innocents’ echoes today

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – In the final days of his presidency, George H.W. Bush committed the U.S. military to a mission many would later regret, ordering more than 20,000 troops into Somalia to “save thousands of innocents from death.” Within months, the image of dead U.S. soldiers dragged through the streets of Mogadishu profoundly changed the … Continue reading Bush’s Somalia mission to save ‘innocents’ echoes today