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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (6283)9/30/1998 10:22:00 AM
From: Les H  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 67261
 
There is a very interesting statement on Beirut by Colin Powell:

cahpwww.nbc.upenn.edu



To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (6283)9/30/1998 11:03:00 AM
From: jlallen  Respond to of 67261
 
The difference as I understand it is that the commanders on scene in Mogadishu repeatedly asked for the type of equipment which would have averted the disaster. JLA



To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (6283)9/30/1998 11:03:00 AM
From: Ish  Respond to of 67261
 
<< Right. And how might this incident compare with Reagan's little Lebanon exercise?>>

One very important difference, Reagan didn't tell the parents of the dead soldiers that it was the soldier's fault for being reckless.