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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (310536)	10/23/2002 6:21:41 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769668

J.F.S. Re: Montgomery or Garrison I just am telling you what the David Hackworth had to say on the subject. He reported that Garrison made the request . While you are correct that General Powell was lukewarm regarding the AC-130 gunships (General Downing, head of U.S. Special Forces - claims to have requested the AC-130's too), he was not lukewarm about reinforcing the troops in Somalia (with armor). "Retired Gen. Colin Powell said he pressed President Clinton's top aides a week before the fatal 1993 U.S. commando raid in Somalia either to beef up U.S. forces or change his policy, according to a Senate report..." "The overall policy for Somalia should have been reviewed long before October 3rd," the report quotes Powell as telling Senate Armed Services Committee investigators Powell: "I aggressively pushed Secretary (of Defense Les) Aspin for such a review and on Saturday, September 25th, when we had a meeting at the White House on Bosnia, I said at the end of the meeting that we need to do something about Somalia- either reinforce our forces or change our policy." The report quoted Powell as saying he recommended Aspin support a request from U.S. commanders weeks before the raid that tanks and armored personnel carriers be sent to Somalia, p.s. I already sent you the link.