1992 Somalia Research Paper
Somalia: Frame of Reference for the United States and the UN Peackeeping Mission
The victims of the 1992 Somalia war are publicized across the world. Americans are shocked by the images of malnutrition; video of underfed children in Somalia with swollen bellies and skeletal men and women hawking over bits of grain and brown water. By 1993 year, nearly 300,000 Somalis die of starvation due to clan infighting following the ouster of Mogadishu dictator Siad Barre (CITED THIS). This widespread famine in Somalia is the result of long-term civil war between the Somali National Movement, faction leader Mohammed Farrah Aidid, and various other tribes. All sides agree to a ceasefire so that a United Nations monitoring missions team can provide the much …show more content…
“Relief flights are looted upon landing, food convoys are hijacked and aid workers are assaulted” (Ambush in Mogadishu). By May 4, 1992, the United States relinquished command to the United Nations in Somalia. Just as George Bush’s foot steps away from the White House, in his final weeks of his presidency in December 1992 , Bush orders 25,000 troops into Somalia and assures America “our troops will be home soon enough for the Clinton inauguration” (Ambush in Mogadishu). As I previously wrote, Bill Clinton was eager to improve American life and focus on domestic issues. So within months of assuming of Clinton assuming office, the United Nations was assuming the US’ share of command in Somalia in May 1993. The transition is aggravated when 24 Pakistini troops are massacred and calls for in effect made for Aidid arrest by the UN Security Council. The US and UN join forces to find Aidid and his cohorts by attacking some of Aidid’s strongholds which results in the deaths of 10 American military personnel. When American lives are lost, America answered the call with Operation Task Force Ranger. Bill Clinton secretly begins organizing a truce with Aidid through Jimmy Carter in September 1993, while
The victims of the 1992 Somalia war are publicized across the world. Americans are shocked by the images of malnutrition; video of underfed children in Somalia with swollen bellies and skeletal men and women hawking over bits of grain and brown water. By 1993 year, nearly 300,000 Somalis die of starvation due to clan infighting following the ouster of Mogadishu dictator Siad Barre (CITED THIS). This widespread famine in Somalia is the result of long-term civil war between the Somali National Movement, faction leader Mohammed Farrah Aidid, and various other tribes. All sides agree to a ceasefire so that a United Nations monitoring missions team can provide the much …show more content…
“Relief flights are looted upon landing, food convoys are hijacked and aid workers are assaulted” (Ambush in Mogadishu). By May 4, 1992, the United States relinquished command to the United Nations in Somalia. Just as George Bush’s foot steps away from the White House, in his final weeks of his presidency in December 1992 , Bush orders 25,000 troops into Somalia and assures America “our troops will be home soon enough for the Clinton inauguration” (Ambush in Mogadishu). As I previously wrote, Bill Clinton was eager to improve American life and focus on domestic issues. So within months of assuming of Clinton assuming office, the United Nations was assuming the US’ share of command in Somalia in May 1993. The transition is aggravated when 24 Pakistini troops are massacred and calls for in effect made for Aidid arrest by the UN Security Council. The US and UN join forces to find Aidid and his cohorts by attacking some of Aidid’s strongholds which results in the deaths of 10 American military personnel. When American lives are lost, America answered the call with Operation Task Force Ranger. Bill Clinton secretly begins organizing a truce with Aidid through Jimmy Carter in September 1993, while